Aayush Naik
FounderCo-founder at Hypercubic
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedHypercubic · YC
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302 people in our graph share verified history with Aayush — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Neeraj AgrawalunlockedAayush: together at Sprinklr (2017)
×4Aayush: together at Apple
Aayush: together at University of California San Diego
Aayush: together at UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Department (CSE)
About
Aayush Naik is a CTO and co-founder at Hypercubic who previously worked as an engineer at Apple, with background in robotics and AI.
Co-founder at HypercubicYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Aayush went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Hypercubic's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Aayush can intro founders to Hypercubic's investors below.
Hypercubic's investors · 4
Co-founders at Hypercubic
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Sai GurrapuCo-founder
Experience
- HypercubicCTO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- South Park CommonsMember2025San Francisco, California, United States
- AppleSenior Software Engineer2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- AppleSoftware Engineer2021 — 2024Cupertino, California, United States
- UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Department (CSE)Graduate Student Researcher at Cognitive Robotics2020 — 2021San Diego, California, United States
- University of California San DiegoGraduate Teaching Assistant2020San Diego, California, United States
- The New York TimesStudent Ambassador2016 — 2018Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- IIIT HyderabadUniversity Finance Lead2016 — 2017Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- IIIT HyderabadTeaching Assistant2017Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- SprinklrMachine Learning Intern2017Gurugram, Haryana, India
Skills & more
Python3C++PyTorchArtificial Intelligence1Machine LearningObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)AlgorithmsData StructuresSoftware DevelopmentDeep LearningC3Git1
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MySQLLinuxMoveItRobot Operating System (ROS)NumPyMatplotlibFunctional ProgrammingScikit-LearnJiraJavaScriptSQLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Languages English · French · Hindi · Marathi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aayush Naik?
- Aayush Naik is a CTO and co-founder at Hypercubic who previously worked as an engineer at Apple, with background in robotics and AI.
- Where does Aayush Naik work?
- Aayush Naik is Co-founder of Hypercubic.
- What companies did Aayush Naik found?
- Aayush Naik founded Hypercubic.
- Where did Aayush Naik go to school?
- Aayush Naik studied at UC San Diego (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) (Bachelor of Technology (Honours), Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Apple mafia306
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UC San Diego mafia235
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South Park Commons mafia68
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Southparkcommons mafia64
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Hypercubic1
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Chase AdamPartner at Very Serious VenturesAndrew ParkerAn unabashed tech geek living in HawaiiKelsey FloresChief Financial Officer at Slipstream InvestorsJaclyn Rice NelsonCo-founder and part-time GP at Coalition OperatorsBala ChandrasekaranPartner at Alt CapitalRuchi SanghviPartner and Founding Member at South Park Commons
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Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AISteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal Foundation
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