OpenAI Student Collective University of Miami

STUDENT-LED / MIAMI-BUILT

Meet the people behind the collective.

The leads are building a generous, practical AI community for students across every major at the University of Miami.

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MEET THE LEADS

Two students.
One shared table.

A cross-disciplinary partnership connecting business thinking, applied AI, and the students ready to shape what comes next.

Avi Parmar, co-lead of the OpenAI Student Collective at the University of Miami
CO-LEAD / 01

Avi Parmar

Avi is a University of Miami finance student minoring in AI in Business Technology. Through Parmar.AI and campus leadership, he explores how emerging tools can become useful products and accessible opportunities—bringing an entrepreneurial, community-first perspective to the collective.

Studying
Finance + AI in Business Technology minor · Class of 2028
Focus
Product experimentation, AI entrepreneurship, and access
Beyond AI
Investing, sports, scuba diving, traveling, and community building
LinkedIn @avipxrmar
Blake Dresser, co-lead of the OpenAI Student Collective at the University of Miami
CO-LEAD / 02

Blake Dresser

Blake is a University of Miami AI in Business Technology student who spent summer 2026 interning at OpenAI on the Business Insights & Applied Engineering team. He brings that firsthand experience into the collective, helping students understand how AI is applied, adopted, and built in the real world.

Studying
AI in Business Technology · Class of 2028
Focus
Applied AI, intelligent agents, and adoption
Beyond AI
Problem-solving, being on the water, sports, and lifelong learning
LinkedIn @blakedresser

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