# Gabriel Moreno Ribeiro

> Founder & Researcher | Build Year | Co-Founder & CEO of HIBEEX

Website: https://gabrielmr.com
Email: gabrielmribeiro@hibeex.com.br
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gabriel-moreno-ribeiro
GitHub: https://github.com/gabriel-moreno-ribeiro
Last updated: July 2026

## Summary

Gabriel Moreno Ribeiro is an 18-year-old Brazilian founder and researcher, currently on a build year. He is Co-Founder & CEO of HIBEEX, a FinTech startup giving small and medium businesses access to financial AI — turning messy financial data into decisions owners can actually act on. HIBEEX is one of 6 startups in the Canastra Ventures AI Residency, and Gabriel is one of the youngest founders the program has ever selected.

He was admitted to the University of St Andrews with a Global Merit Scholarship and approved in 1st place at Insper for Computer Engineering — and chose to take a build year to go deeper on what he's creating before starting university.

What drives him: using technology and science to widen access — to capital, to education, and to opportunity.

## Highlights

- **Co-Founder & CEO of HIBEEX** (January 2026 - present) — financial AI for SMBs. One of 6 startups in the Canastra Ventures AI Residency. Full stack: TypeScript, Next.js, Node.js, Supabase, PostgreSQL, AWS.
- **Fintech savings RCT** — designed and ran a randomized controlled trial with 208 public-school students on how fintech tools change savings behavior, advised by Aaron Litvin, Ph.D. (Harvard). Treatment group increased savings by 130%.
- **Chemical kinetics research** under Prof. Juliano Bonacin, Ph.D. — reaction mechanisms modeled with 97% accuracy in a 59-page thesis.
- **39 olympiad medals** (19 gold, 2 international) across 49 academic olympiads. 1st of 10,000+ at IFT-UNESP. Gold at ONNEQ (top 0.675%). 1st at OBAQ (top 0.014%).
- **Projeto Candela** — founded a social project building low-cost physics lab kits that reached 3,392 students across 28 public schools, cutting physics failure rates from 30% to 10%.
- **SAT 1510/1600** — top 1% in Brazil.
- **Fundacao Estudar PREP scholar** — one of ~70 from 10,000+ applicants (0.7% acceptance).
- **Instituto Principia** (Escola de Talentos, 14 selected nationally) — advanced physics: quantum mechanics, relativity, statistical physics.
- **Co-Founder & CEO of GSAT Education** (2025-2026) — EdTech for standardized test prep.
- **President of the Olympic Club at Colegio Militar** — 17 initiatives, +47% participation, +62% national olympiad results.

## Honors

- University of St Andrews — Global Merit Scholarship (admitted; on a build year)
- Insper — 1st place admission, Computer Engineering
- SAT 1510/1600 (top 1% Brazil)
- Fundacao Estudar PREP (0.7% acceptance)
- 39 olympiad medals (19 gold) across 49 competitions

## Education

- Build year (2026 - present) — going deep on HIBEEX before university
- Colegio Militar de Salvador — admitted at age 10, one of 30 from 2,500+ applicants, perfect score in mathematics

## Skills

Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Tailwind CSS, Three.js, Framer Motion
Backend: Node.js, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Python, REST APIs, GraphQL, AWS
Tools: Git, GitHub, Docker, Vercel, LaTeX, MATLAB, Mathematica, Figma

## Site structure

- / — interactive portfolio (3D, terminal, hands-free gesture controls)
- /blog/ — writing
- /news/ — press and media mentions