About the Founders

Three visionaries united by a mission to rebuild the freedom for young innovators to create, explore, and become the next generation of legendary inventors.

Alan Zhang

Co-Founder & CEO

UC Berkeley M.E.T. (0.8% acceptance rate)

3.5M+ views YouTube creator in eVTOL/low-altitude economy

Founded world's first high school eVTOL team

XPeng AeroHT brand advisor & FAA consultant

7+ years drone building, 9+ years aerial photography

Cindy Huang

Co-Founder & CTO

UC Berkeley M.E.T. (Mechanical Engineering + Business)

Interned at SpaceX, General Motors, and NextFlex

Co-president of VTOL at Berkeley

Built world's first FHE aircraft & human-carrying "flying car"

Arya Sasikumar

Co-Founder & COO

UC Berkeley M.E.T. (Mechanical Engineering + Business)

Co-Founder of Robolabs LLC (3,100+ students taught)

AI Robotics World Champion (2021, 2024)

Mobile Robotics Engineer Intern at Omron Automation

Published author: "Intro to VEX Robotics" (100+ copies sold)

Co-Inventor of R-MAVI Patent (US11191597B1)

Our Story

KITE Collective was born from a simple observation: the greatest innovators in history—Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, Taylor Wilson—all shared one thing in common. They had the freedom and tools to explore the unknown from a young age.

A modern makerspace/laboratory with young engineers working on advanced drone prototypes, 3D printers, CAD workstations, and testing equipment in a high-tech professional environment

The Problem We Solve

In today's world, especially in hardware engineering, this freedom has almost disappeared. Modern hardware is expensive, complex, and intimidating. The virtue of hands-on experimentation has become an "adventure" that society often doesn't take seriously.

High school life has been carefully orchestrated as a rehearsal for elite universities, leaving no room for trial and error, no time for building prototypes that might fail.

Our Vision

"All legends begin in youth."

We exist to solve this contradiction. KITE Collective is dedicated to rebuilding that window of creative freedom and structuring it to regain the trust of parents, teachers, and institutions.

We make legendary projects a reality—record-breaking drones, experimental aircraft, near-space balloons—transforming them into educational experiences and compelling stories that resonate with the world.

We're not just teaching kids engineering. We're shaping the trajectory of the next generation of legends.

This isn't just education. This is life trajectory design.

Ad astra abyssosque. (To the stars and to the depths.)

Ready to Create the Next Legend?

Join us in nurturing the next generation of innovators who will change the world. Your child's legendary journey starts with a single conversation.