About
Adhit Sankaran is the co-founder and CEO of Janet AI (YC S25). He previously worked as a founding engineer and GenAI engineering lead at a YC S23 company, interned at Google twice, and holds a master's degree in computer science with focus on generative AI research from Cornell and a bachelor's degree in computer science with focus on reinforcement learning research from UW-Madison.
Co-Founder & CEO at Janet AIYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Adhit went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Janet AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Adhit can intro founders to Janet AI's investors below.
Janet AI's investors · 1
Co-founders at Janet AI
WB
William BarthellCo-Founder & CTO
Experience
- Janet AI (YC S25)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Cair Health (YC S23)Founding Engineer2024 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
- Cornell UniversityGraduate Research Assistant at Professor Qian Yang's Design Artificial Intelligence Lab2023Ithaca, New York, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2023Sunnyvale, California, United States
- University of Wisconsin-MadisonUndergraduate Research Assistant at Professor Josiah Hanna's Reinforcement Learning Lab2022 — 2023Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- GoogleSTEP Intern2022New York, New York, United States
- UPSOperations Technology Intern2021 — 2022Parsippany, New Jersey, United States
Skills & more
Python3Java3C++3Programming9Public Speaking6Communication5Collaboration5Connect 46
Languages English · Tamil
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Adhit Sankaran?
- Adhit Sankaran is the co-founder and CEO of Janet AI (YC S25). He previously worked as a founding engineer and GenAI engineering lead at a YC S23 company, interned at Google twice, and holds a master's degree in computer science with focus on generative AI research from Cornell and a bachelor's degree in computer science with focus on reinforcement learning research from UW-Madison.
- Where does Adhit Sankaran work?
- Adhit Sankaran is Co-Founder & CEO of Janet AI.
- What companies did Adhit Sankaran found?
- Adhit Sankaran founded Janet AI.
- Where did Adhit Sankaran go to school?
- Adhit Sankaran studied at Cornell University (Master's degree, Computer Science); University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Honors) and Data Science); Saratoga High School (High School Diploma).
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