About
Aditya Iyengar is a software engineer who previously worked at Flutterflow, Uber, and NASA before co-founding Candor.
Founder at CandorYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Aditya went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Candor's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Aditya can intro founders to Candor's investors below.
Candor's investors · 3
Co-founders at Candor
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Adarsh AmbatiCEO/Co-Founder
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Ansh GuptaCo-Founder
Experience
- Candor (YC W25)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — present
- Stanford UniversityTeaching Assistant2023 — 2024
- FlutterFlowSoftware Engineer2024Mountain View, California, United States
- UberSoftware Engineer2020 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- TreeHacksOrganizer2022 — 2023Stanford, California, United States
- NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSoftware Engineering Intern2019Mountain View, California, United States
Skills & more
Hardware3Astrophysics4Teamwork2CommunicationLeadershipData Analysis1Data SciencePython (Programming Language)2Machine Learning2Mean StackWeb DevelopmentResearch2
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TeachingEngineeringCommunity ServiceComputer-Aided Design (CAD)Team LeadershipLanguages English · Kannada · Spanish · Tamil
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aditya Iyengar?
- Aditya Iyengar is a software engineer who previously worked at Flutterflow, Uber, and NASA before co-founding Candor.
- Where does Aditya Iyengar work?
- Aditya Iyengar is Founder of Candor.
- What companies did Aditya Iyengar found?
- Aditya Iyengar founded Candor.
- Where did Aditya Iyengar go to school?
- Aditya Iyengar studied at Y Combinator (W25); Stanford University (Bachelor's degree).
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