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Advith Chelikani

InvestorFounder

Investor at Andreessen Horowitz · Founder at Pylon

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedPylon · YCPylon · YC

30 Under 30 2026 · AI

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About

Advith Chelikani is the founder of Pylon, which provides post-sales workflow management tools for B2B teams across multiple communication platforms.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at PylonYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Advith went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Pylon's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Advith can intro founders to Pylon's investors below.

Pylon's investors · 9

Activant CapitalNew York · $3M – $40M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2025avraHillsboroughBain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checks · since 2025BoxGroupNew York · $250K – $1M checks · since 2023General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2023HorizonMiami BeachUncorrelated VenturesLas Vegas · since 2023Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Pylon

MKMarty Kausas
Marty KausasFounder
RERobert Eng
Robert EngFounder
AC
Advitheey ChelikaniExecutive Officer, Director
MK
Martynas KausasExecutive Officer, Director

Founder at PylonYC S21

Intro paths

YC

Advith went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Pylon's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Advith can intro founders to Pylon's investors below.

Pylon's investors · 16

Agrolimen VenturesBain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checksBoxGroupNew York · $250K – $1M checks · since 2023Cathexis VenturesHouston · $250K – $1M checks · since 2022Citi VenturesNew YorkClimate CapitalMenlo Park · $25K – $250K checksEndure CapitalAmsterdam · since 2022General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2023Grant Park VenturesLos AltosKhwarizmi VenturesRiyadhLeap Forward VenturesLarkspurLoftyInc CapitalHouston · since 2022Neer Venture Partners$100K – $500K checksOutlierz VenturesCasablancaUncorrelated VenturesLas Vegas · since 2023Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Pylon

AAAhmed Ashour
Ahmed AshourFounder
OROmar Radi
Omar RadiFounder
MKMarty Kausas
Marty KausasFounder
RERobert Eng
Robert EngFounder

Investments

Per curated public sources.

Colleagues at Andreessen Horowitz

Abby Green
Marketing, Operations Team at Andreessen Horowitz
Abhishek Sinha
Investing, Investment Team at Andreessen Horowitz
Adam Alpert
Founder at Pangea.app
Adam Fry
Finance, Operations Team at Andreessen Horowitz
Aditya Shidham
Investor at Andreessen Horowitz
Aiden Slavin
Policy at a16z crypto
Aja Kuczma
HR, Operations Team at Andreessen Horowitz
Akosua Asamoah
Go-To-Market Network, Operations Team at Andreessen Horowitz

Frequently asked questions

Who is Advith Chelikani?
Advith Chelikani is the founder of Pylon, which provides post-sales workflow management tools for B2B teams across multiple communication platforms.
Where does Advith Chelikani work?
Advith Chelikani is Founder of Pylon and at Andreessen Horowitz.
What companies did Advith Chelikani found?
Advith Chelikani founded Pylon, Pylon.
What companies has Advith Chelikani invested in?
Investments tracked here include assistant-ui, Codevisor, CopyCat AI, Weave.

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