About Me

I’m Julius Washington—developer, founder, and lifelong builder—raised across the Caribbean and shaped by a family that treated entrepreneurship like both birthright and responsibility. I build to make complex systems simple, to give small teams leverage, and to prove that world-class technology can be born on island time and still run at global speed.

Roots & First Sparks

I was born in Antigua and grew up moving across the islands while my family scaled Caribbean CAGE—a privatized lottery and gaming network launched by my grandfather, a lawyer turned serial entrepreneur. Watching him build across borders taught me early that we were problem solvers, not just spectators.

My older brother handed me a jailbroken phone, showed me how to load pirated games, tweak systems, and hack saves with tools like Action Replay. That wasn’t about breaking rules; it was my gateway into understanding how systems worked and how to bend them toward better outcomes. Suddenly, code meant leverage.

Early Hustles: Distribution > Ideas

Entrepreneurship wasn’t a hobby; it was how I learned. In seventh grade I launched Black & Yellow Industries, selling games at half price and hosting servers in hourly windows so friends could play together—over $1,000 in a month and an education in community-driven demand. By eighth grade I was flipping Nike Tech socks for $100 a pair, converting surplus into perceived value. Senior year, I sold my AP CSP portfolio. Those reps taught me that execution scales ideas and that the ethical lines you cross when you’re curious shape the discipline you carry forward.

From Sports to Systems

I grew up in motion—basketball, soccer, football, cross-country, volleyball. When practice paused, I filled the time with tinkering: fixing gadgets, building small sites, eventually programming robots. iD Tech @ MIT gave me my first taste of object-oriented craftsmanship. Leading VEX robotics teams to three consecutive Latin America championship bids trained me to architect under pressure—sensors, state, and strategy working as one. APCS A, Data Structures, a second-place game-jam finish—each layered rigor onto hacker curiosity.

Georgetown & The Operator’s Eye

Georgetown University forced reality into the room. I dove into finance to understand how businesses actually run, explored sales to learn how value gets communicated and closed, and studied neuroscience to map attention, memory, and learning onto product design. I shipped backend code at iCodeEDU, served as CTO for Bare Bones Fitness, and supported Limber Health as it scaled clinical outcomes with disciplined ops. Some ventures failed, others thrived. The through-line: failure professionalized me. Post-mortems became fuel, not friction.

Founder Mode: Build Once, Help Many

After graduating, I doubled down on building for real operators. Daduh AI became my lab for integrating CRMs, automating operations, and scaling repeatable workflows for gyms, restaurants, and small businesses across D.C.—hitting roughly $10k MRR while proving that services alone cap out without software leverage. Athletech AI translates research-backed training logic into practical tooling for athletes and coaches. Elect Better exists because civic participation needs better product.

Those threads now converge at IslaIntel—my commitment to proving that the Caribbean can be the region that defines the next wave of AI transformation. We build agents and automation systems that replace repetitive work with reliable flows, connect scattered tools, and give owners clean visibility into their operations. Global-quality AI, island-born.

What I Bring to Every Build

Developer depth: backend first principles, API design and integration, data pipelines, retrieval systems, and agentic automation. Operator discipline: finance-minded scoping, measurable outcomes, and honest iteration cycles. Founder endurance: the judgment to pivot or persist, and the bias toward signal over noise.

I keep building for the islands—and for anyone who’s ever been told they’re too small to compete. The jailbroken phone was a key to the universe. I’m still unlocking doors.