# Auston Larson

> Auston Larson is a Casper, Wyoming software engineer and co-founder of SLP Tools, an AI-assisted platform designed to reduce planning and documentation work for speech-language pathologists. A University of Wyoming computer science graduate, he moved from student prototypes and a blockchain hackathon project through engineering roles at Trihydro and Flowstate Solutions before joining Greenhouse Software in 2025. His startup work began with a practical observation: his mother, speech-language pathologist Kara Roberts, was finding useful ways to work with ChatGPT, and he could make that interaction more consistent and approachable.

- **Role:** Software Engineer at Greenhouse Software; CEO and Co-Founder of SLP Tools
- **Organizations:** Greenhouse Software, SLP Tools, Flowstate Solutions, Trihydro Corporation, University of Wyoming
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of Wyoming
- **Known for:** Co-founded SLP Tools, an AI-assisted platform for speech-language pathology planning, materials and documentation., Received a recommended $50,000 Wyoming Business Council Kickstart award with Camdin Hinkel for SLP Tools., Reached the 2024 Casper Start-Up Challenge finals.

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Worked as an instructor at iD Tech Camps.
- **2018** — Joined Trihydro Corporation as an assistant developer and contributed to a WyoHackathon project exploring blockchain-backed municipal bonds; the project won the MetaX challenge.
- **2019** — Presented Streats, a mobile platform concept for food-truck discovery and customer engagement, at University of Wyoming Undergraduate Research Day; completed a BS in Computer Science in the fall semester.
- **2020** — Advanced to software developer at Trihydro, then moved to Flowstate Solutions in October.
- **2024** — Co-founded SLP Tools and became a finalist in the Casper Start-Up Challenge, pitching the product with Camdin Hinkel.
- **2025** — Joined Greenhouse Software as a software engineer in April; SLP Tools was listed by the Wyoming Business Council for a recommended $50,000 Kickstart award.

## Achievements

- Co-founded SLP Tools, an AI-assisted platform for speech-language pathology planning, materials and documentation.
- Received a recommended $50,000 Wyoming Business Council Kickstart award with Camdin Hinkel for SLP Tools.
- Reached the 2024 Casper Start-Up Challenge finals.
- Helped build a municipal-bond blockchain prototype that won the MetaX challenge at the 2018 WyoHackathon.
- Presented the Streats food-truck engagement platform at University of Wyoming Undergraduate Research Day in 2019.
- Earned a BS in Computer Science from the University of Wyoming.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Public professional listings continued to show Larson as a software engineer at Greenhouse Software and CEO and co-founder of SLP Tools.
- **2025-05** — Wyoming Business Council board materials recommended a $50,000 Kickstart award for SLP Tools, naming Auston Larson and Camdin Hinkel.
- **2025-04** — Larson joined Greenhouse Software as a software engineer after working at Flowstate Solutions.

## Links

- Website: https://slp.tools
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/auston-larson
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-IQN-dPFdg

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Last updated: 2026-09-27