---
title: "About - Kristian Muñiz"
description: "Background, work history, hobbies, personal projects, and contact details."
url: https://krismuniz.com/about
---

# About Me

I'm Kristian Muñiz, a [Puerto Rican](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico "Wepa! Link to Puerto Rico's Wikipedia Page") software developer, designer, and open source enthusiast.

I build software products, systems, and tools for creation and productivity. Currently focused on applying AI research to solve user needs. 

My background includes conversational systems, developer tools, user interfaces, and customer experience software.

## Work

I am currently a Member of Technical Staff on the Product Engineering team at [Runway](https://runwayml.com/), an AI research company building tools for multimedia creation.

Previously, I was a Software Engineer - Principal Member of Technical Staff at [Salesforce](https://www.salesforce.com/). I worked on [Agentforce](https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/)'s reasoning engine, using LLMs to develop [Conversational AI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatbot) systems and [AI agents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_agent).

Before Salesforce, I was a Senior Staff Engineer at [Airkit.ai](https://airkit.ai), helping build a platform for AI-powered conversational agents using large language models. Airkit.ai was [acquired by Salesforce](https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/salesforce-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-airkit-ai/) in fall 2023.

Earlier, I was the CTO & Co-Founder of [Claimbot](https://web.archive.org/web/20210813044326/https://www.claimbotcx.com/), a self-service engine for automating customer experience via chat. Claimbot was [acquired by Mobile Tech RX](https://www.mobiletechrx.com/resources/mobile-tech-rx-acquires-claimbot/) in fall 2020.

## Hobbies

In my free time, I maintain and contribute to [open source projects](https://github.com/krismuniz), [make music](#music), and occasionally [write](https://krismuniz.com/posts).

### Music

I publish some of my music sometimes. If you're curious, here are some links:

- [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/kristianmuniz)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6IlQwUExpD0Hb8YAZJ46aW)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kristian-mu%C3%B1iz/1761038554)

## Personal Projects

- [Printloop](https://printloop.dev), an in-browser, REPL-integrated Markdown editor for immediate code prototyping.
- [Minimo](https://projects.krismuniz.com/minimo), an open-source, simplified new tab page for your web browser.

## Contact Me

Contact me via email: [contact@krismuniz.com](mailto:contact@krismuniz.com).