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).

Advith Chelikani

Founder

Founder at Pylon

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedPylon · YC

30 Under 30 2026 · AI

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

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Founder at Pylon YC W23

Intro paths

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

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 · 5

Activant CapitalNew York · $100K – $50M checks Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Bain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checks HorizonMiami Beach Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Pylon

Marty KausasFounder

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

+12 more

BootstrapHTML5Unity3DHackathonsMatlabMathematicaRMySQLOCamlUnderscore.jsjQueryBackbone.js

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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).

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About

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

Founder at PylonYC W23

Intro paths

Pylon's investors · 5

Co-founders at Pylon

Experience

Skills & more

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

Y Combinator mafia4,716

Caltech mafia66

Kleiner Perkins mafia54

Coursera mafia22

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Also attended Caltech144

Also attended Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy20

Shared employers

Also worked at Samsara, Inc25

Also worked at Coursera27

Also worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers157

Also worked at Slack55

Founder at Pylon YC W23