About
Abheek Basu is a software engineer and product manager who founded Laudspeaker, which was acquired by PostHog in 2025. He holds an engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Wharton's M&T program.
Founder at LaudspeakerYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Abheek went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Abheek can intro founders to Laudspeaker's investors below.
Laudspeaker's investors · 1
Co-founders at Laudspeaker
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Mahamad CharawiFounder
Experience
- PostHogProductcurrent2025 — present
- LaudspeakerCEO2021 — 2025
- New Enterprise Associates (NEA)NEA Product Resident2017 — 2019
- StrideProduct Manager2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Orbital InsightProduct and Business Development2016 — 2017
- Waterfall Asset ManagementSummer Associate2015
- BNY MellonSummer Analyst2014London
Skills & more
JavaRSQLJavaScriptNode.jsMongoDBMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelVBAPythonProduct ManagementData Analysis
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IntexBarclays PointConsumer ProductsFrom Abheek's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Abheek Basu?
- Abheek Basu is a software engineer and product manager who founded Laudspeaker, which was acquired by PostHog in 2025. He holds an engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Wharton's M&T program.
- Where does Abheek Basu work?
- Abheek Basu is Founder of Laudspeaker.
- What companies did Abheek Basu found?
- Abheek Basu founded Laudspeaker.
- Where did Abheek Basu go to school?
- Abheek Basu studied at The Wharton School (Bachelor's degree, Finance); University of Pennsylvania (Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science); Y Combinator.
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