He studies at Minerva University in San Francisco, regarded as one of the most innovative universities in the world. His ambition is to combine computer science with business. He will spend the next years of his studies in Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Berlin. At the age of 19, he won HackNation, Poland’s first government-organised hackathon, which brought together 1,500 participants. The geopolitical analysis system he developed during the event was subsequently purchased for use by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Maciej is a co-creator of EduChat, an AI-powered educational platform aligned with the Polish national curriculum. The project is being developed in partnership with the University of Silesia and has been used by students from dozens of Polish schools. Maciej comes from Skrzyszów in southern Poland. Before leaving for university, he taught classes on new technologies in primary schools in Wodzisław Śląski, helping more than 500 fifth-year pupils learn how to use artificial intelligence responsibly.
For eleven years, he sang in the Canticum Novum choir, performing in cities including Rome, Munich and New York. He is also a glider pilot and an avid traveller, and has backpacked across South-East Asia.