Sotiris Kaniras
Co-Founder & CTO at Aldeus, based in Athens, Greece. Turning bold ideas into user-friendly products that connect and inspire people.
Skills
Swift & iOS, JavaScript & TypeScript, full-stack development, real-time audio with AudioKit, AI & agentic systems, DigitalOcean, leading tech teams
Projects
- Aldeus (2026 – now): The video engine for newsrooms: turns an entire news feed into ready-to-post social videos in minutes. Co-Founder & CTO.
- BetSeek (2025 – now): AI that helps users make smarter football betting decisions. Co-founder & full-stack iOS engineer.
- popster (2023 – 2024): A musical mobile camera for bite-sized music clips: beats, AI lyric ideas, real-time vocal effects, filters and split videos. Engineered to run smoothly on a wide range of iPhones.
- nup (2018 – 2023): Anonymous text and audio social network for college students. 90,000+ students, with partnerships with COSMOTE, OPAP and PANIK Entertainment Group.
- Glow AI (2024 – 2026): Co-founder & full-stack iOS engineer behind two apps: GlowApp and heat.
- UNIpad (2016 – 2021): Group chat for Greek college students: collaboration, note-sharing and course info. Partnered with AWS and WHAT'S UP (COSMOTE).
- Self'it (2015 – 2016): Started as a location-based photo-sharing college project, became a city guide for young explorers, and won Famous Grouse's "Famous for a Reason" competition.