About
Shiv Sakhuja co-founded Gooseworks AI, which develops creative engines for AI advertising, and previously co-founded Athina AI, an LLM observability platform. He worked as an engineer at Google and Troops.ai (acquired by Salesforce), focusing on natural language chatbot development.
Shiv @shivsakhuja
Try it out at https://t.co/FhMceCQkZQ
Jul 24, 2026 · ♥ 3
Shiv @shivsakhuja
"I don't have ideas for good ads" 1. Go to @GooseworksAI and enter your brand name 2. Goose will understand your brand, scrape all your assets and suggest messaging angles and templates. 3. Choose as many as you like. Testing many variants is critical for Meta Ads. Goose will https://t.co/VnfNGgcI93
Jul 24, 2026 · ♥ 185 · ⇄ 25
Shiv @shivsakhuja
Here's the full skill library: https://t.co/Kh5nLW6ZMv
Jul 23, 2026
Founder at GooseworksYC W23
Intro paths
Shiv went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Gooseworks's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Shiv can intro founders to Gooseworks's investors below.
Gooseworks's investors · 1
Co-founders at Gooseworks
Experience
- Gooseworks (YC W23)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Athina AI (YC W23)Co-Founder2023 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleEngineer2019 — 2022New York
- TroopsEngineer2016 — 2019Greater New York City Area
Education
- Y Combinator2022 — 2023
- Columbia UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science
- Modern School
Skills & more
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iPhone Application DevelopmentObjective-CPhotoshopIllustratorAfter EffectsActionScriptiOS DevelopmentRuby on RailsLeadershipFront-end DevelopmentBackendBack-End Web DevelopmentLanguages English · French · Hindi
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Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Columbia University mafia166
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Modern School mafia4
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Gooseworks (YC W23)1
Also worked at Athina AI (YC W23)1
Also worked at Google1,533
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