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Abhi Tanwar

Founder

CEO at Brushless

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedBrushless

About

Abhi Tanwar placed 7th nationally among roughly a million candidates in India's high school examinations and studied at the University of Hong Kong, Asia's top-ranked university, on a 125% scholarship. He began his career at JP Morgan before leaving to develop high-frequency trading engines handling daily volumes in excess of $2 billion.

CEO at Brushless

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Brushless's investors · 2

Entrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checksTranspose Platform ManagementHouston

Co-founders at Brushless

SKShikhar Khandelwal
Shikhar KhandelwalCTO

Experience

  1. BrushlessCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Entrepreneurs FirstEntrepreneur in Residence2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area & Bangalore
  3. Pulsar Trading CapitalSoftware Engineer2022 — 2025Hong Kong SAR
  4. J.P. MorganAssociate - Software Engineer2022Hong Kong SAR
  5. J.P. MorganAnalyst - Software Engineer2020 — 2022Hong Kong SAR
  6. J.P. MorganSoftware Engineering Summer Analyst2019Hong Kong
  7. UCLSummer Research Intern2018London, United Kingdom

Education

  1. The University of Hong KongBachelor's degree, Computer Science2016 — 2020
  2. CQF InstituteCertificate in Quantitative Finance, Quantitative Finance2023
  3. University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive EducationVisiting student, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies2019
  4. Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, ChennaiSenior Secondary Education, Physics2014 — 2016

Skills & more

C++Python13CSS7JavaScript6Microsoft Excel6Microsoft Office6Linux4Programming19Project Management7Web App Development6Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Languages English · Hindi

  • Structuring Machine Learning Projects — Coursera
  • Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — Coursera
  • Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Coursera

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Abhi Tanwar work?
Abhi Tanwar is CEO at Brushless.
What companies did Abhi Tanwar found?
Abhi Tanwar founded Brushless.

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