Naiyya Thapa

Naiyya Thapa

Founder of SubtleSense.

About

Naiyya Thapa, 16yo from India. Founder of SubtleSense, a 90% accurate hidden emotion AI. Built emotion detection apps for text, voice, and webcam. SOF Olympiad winner, published author, and school president. Led 2 nonprofits providing clothes to the underprivileged and food for street animals. 4.0 GPA. Completed Harvard edX cybersecurity. 5 years of badminton. Mission: AI for social impact. SubtleSense detects student stress before dropout.

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Gone streaking
Gone streaking

Maker History

  • Subtle SenseSees emotions you hide
    Jan 2026
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    Joined Product HuntJanuary 28th, 2026

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Naiyya Thapa

13h ago

Subtle Sense - Sees emotions you hide

SubtleSense stands out by detecting suppressed/hidden emotions at 90% accuracy—crushing standard emotion AI's 65% SOTA baselines. Novel features: 1. Micro expression analysis (gaze aversion + timing cues) 2. Moodboard PDF insights (not just "happy/sad" labels) 3. 50+ live users Day 2 (real traction vs vaporware) Existing products (Affectiva, RealEyes) fail at suppression detection. SubtleSense sees what users consciously hide—EdTech/therapy gamechanger.
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