Ajith Govind
FounderCo-Founder & CEO at Cactus
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedCactus · YC
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About
Ajith Govind is a computer science-educated entrepreneur who previously founded Turing Labs, which raised over $20M in Series A funding and worked with major consumer packaged goods companies. He is now building Cactus, a platform for home service businesses.
Co-Founder & CEO at CactusYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Ajith went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Cactus's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Cactus's investors · 5
Access Venture PartnersWestminster · $500K – $4M checks · since 2018Pelion Venture PartnersSalt Lake City · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025Wellington ManagementBoston · $5M – $50M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025
Co-founders at Cactus
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Avinash JoshiCo-founder & CTO
Experience
- CactusCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ODFFellow at ODF222024San Francisco Bay Area
- Turing Labs Inc.Co-Founder & CPO2019 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Dextro Analytics Inc.Co-Founder & CEO2015 — 2019Singapore
- BayesiaRegional Manager, North America2012 — 2015Singapore
- Mu SigmaSenior Business Analyst2011 — 2013Austin, Texas, United States
- Cognizant Technology SolutionsProgrammer Analyst2010 — 2011
- Tata Consultancy ServicesIntern2010
Skills & more
Customer Experience31Sales17Customer Satisfaction14Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring4Product DevelopmentAnalytics99Customer Analytics10Statistical Modeling35Business Analytics99Data Analysis57Business Analysis56Business Intelligence50
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Predictive AnalyticsOptimizationMarket ResearchManagement ConsultingSegmentationEntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentConsultingTeam LeadershipanalyitcsSASSQLLanguages English · Hindi · Konkani
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ajith Govind?
- Ajith Govind is a computer science-educated entrepreneur who previously founded Turing Labs, which raised over $20M in Series A funding and worked with major consumer packaged goods companies. He is now building Cactus, a platform for home service businesses.
- Where does Ajith Govind work?
- Ajith Govind is Co-Founder & CEO of Cactus.
- What companies did Ajith Govind found?
- Ajith Govind founded Cactus.
- Where did Ajith Govind go to school?
- Ajith Govind studied at Y Combinator (X25); Y Combinator (W20); Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science).
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Also attended Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham7
Saranga RavichandarFinancial Controller at Hitachi VenturesSreehari Pulikkal SivadasanFounder at StrideQAvinash JoshiCo-founder & CTO at CactusRahul SubramanyFounder & CEO at MonairePramin PradeepExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter at BotgaugeAvinash NairFounder at Beacon AI
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Also attended Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's5
Shared employers
Also worked at ODF265
Erik TorenbergGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz; founder of TurpentinePaul VeradittakitManaging Partner at Pantera CapitalLaurenInvestor at MGV.VCSteph ScottVice President at Questa CapitalNick FitzInvestor at Juniper Ventures Management, LlcMichelle KwokPrincipal at Draper Associates
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Also worked at Dextro Analytics Inc.1
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Also worked at Cognizant Technology Solutions103
Shinjan DasguptaSenior Analyst at Cottonwood Technology FundNick GasbarroChief of Staff at QED InvestorsPrayag MohantyPrincipal at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpAnkur KhaitanPrincipal at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpRia BhutoriaVenture Partner at Castle Island VenturesAditi JainAssociate Financial Operations at Titan Capital
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