Find your path to Advith
942 people in our graph share verified history with Advith — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Alex TranunlockedAdvith: together at Kleiner Perkins (2017)
Advith: together at Pylon
Advith: together at Samsara
Advith: together at Coursera
About
Advith Chelikani is the founder of Pylon, which provides post-sales workflow management tools for B2B teams across multiple communication platforms.
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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.
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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 · 8
Activant CapitalNew York · $100K – $50M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksBain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checksBoxGroupNew York · $1M checks · since 2023General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2023HorizonMiami BeachUncorrelated VenturesLas Vegas · since 2023Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
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Co-founders at Pylon
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Marty KausasFounder
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Robert EngFounder
Experience
- PylonCo-Foundercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Samsara, IncSenior Software Engineer, Team Lead2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- CourseraSoftware Engineering Intern2017Mountain View, CA
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersKPCB Engineering Fellow2017San Francisco Bay Area
- SlackSoftware Engineering Intern2017San Francisco Bay Area
- HacktechHead Organizer2015 — 2017Caltech - Pasadena, CA
- NutanixSoftware Engineering Intern2016San Jose, CA
- JPL (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)Undergraduate Research Fellow2015Pasadena, CA
- CityScan, Inc.Software Engineering Intern2014Chicago, IL
Skills & more
Pylon3Zendesk4Python17Java9JavaScript10CSS4C++7Research6Web Development6Drupal2Node.js1Flask1
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BootstrapHTML5Unity3DHackathonsMatlabMathematicaRMySQLOCamlUnderscore.jsjQueryBackbone.jsFrom Advith's professional profile.
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.
- What companies did Advith Chelikani found?
- Advith Chelikani founded Pylon.
- Where did Advith Chelikani go to school?
- Advith Chelikani studied at Y Combinator; Caltech (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science); Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (High School Diploma).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Caltech mafia153
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Dario AmodeiProgress towards BSFounded AnthropicFei-Fei LiDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded World LabsBill GrossBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded X1 +5Chris VoigtPhDFounded Asimov +2Gil ElbazBSFounded TenOneTen Ventures +1Aditya RajagopalBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Esperto Medical +1
+ 146 more
Kleiner Perkins mafia67
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Eric RiesVenture AdvisorFounded LTSE Group +2Brook ByersFounderFounded Insite Vision +1Jonah GreenbergerEarly(ish)-stage investor / Kleiner-Perkins scoutFounded Bright Exchange +1Raphael RouvinovEngineering FellowFounded Luminopia +1Rebecca LeeKleiner Perkins FellowFounded Elayne +1Jesse HuEngineering FellowFounded Abundant +1
+ 60 more
Coursera mafia34
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Andrew NgDirectorFounded Factored +2Victor NogueraMachine LearningFounded Labsense +1Raman VarmaMachine Learning EngineerFounded Kestrel +1Curtis NorthcuttCoursera Research: Unsupervised learning for Education with Dr. Derek BruffFounded ChipBrain +1Daphne KollerCo-Founder & PresidentFounded Insitro +1Julia StiglitzGlobal Director, Business Development, Strategy and InternationalFounded Uplimit
+ 27 more
Nutanix mafia20
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Shourya AgarwalEngineer InternFounded Flam +1Adam StruckInvestorFounded Long Island Iced TeaBipul SinhaDirectorFounded RubrikDheeraj PandeyExecutive Officer, DirectorFounded DevRev Developer Tools San FranciscoTobias KnaupSenior AdvisorFounded D2iQManoj AgarwalVP EngineeringFounded DevRev Developer Tools San Francisco
+ 13 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Caltech274
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VCSusannah BarbeeVice President, Translational Immunology at Deerfield Management Company
+ 268 more
Also attended Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy29
Rishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Joanna BlackGeneral Counsel at Madrona Venture GroupMehmet BadurPrincipal at Versant VenturesKevin WangCEO, FOSSA Inc. at OSS CapitalDemetrios L. KouzoukasPartner at Team8Donald Lee-BrownInvestor at Positive Sum Capital
+ 23 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Samsara, Inc28
HemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesShriya ParepallyInvestor at Riverwood CapitalAidan Madigan-CurtisPartner at Eclipse VenturesEvaline TsaiPrincipal at Gigascale CapitalAustin NicholsSales Coach at Galileo VenturesDanielle BiesanzHead of Legal Operations at Founders Fund
+ 22 more
Also worked at Coursera35
Pierre-Eric LeiboviciInvestor at DaphniJulia StiglitzPreviously Partner, GSV Ventures at GSV VenturesSourabh BajajEngineering Advisor at Modern TechnicalCarmen ChangPartner, Head of Asia at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Rob HutterFounder, Managing Partner at Learn CapitalAndrew NgManaging General Partner at AI Fund
+ 29 more
Also worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers184
John DoerrChairman of Kleiner PerkinsMary MeekerFounder & General Partner at BONDAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsAlex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystJordan OrmontPartner, Talent at Menlo Ventures
+ 178 more
Also worked at Slack66
Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrCal HendersonCo-founder & CTO of SlackNeha JewalikarDirector of Communications at Scale Venture PartnersJules MaltzInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tamar YehoshuaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
+ 60 more