About
Akash Kumar is co-founder of Dime, a factory operating system. He grew up in Detroit with family connections to automotive manufacturing, including his father's work in factory operations and his mother's experience developing control systems at Chrysler.
Founder at DimeYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Akash went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Akash can intro founders to Dime's investors below.
Dime's investors · 1
Co-founders at Dime
AB
Ashish BajajFounder
Experience
- DimeHealth (YC W24)Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Snap Inc.Software Engineer2020 — 2023New York, New York, United States
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyTeaching Assistant2019Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyResearch Assistant2019Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Snap Inc.Software Engineering Intern2019Greater Seattle Area
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineering Intern2018Seattle, Washington
Skills & more
Languages English · Tamil
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Akash Kumar?
- Akash Kumar is co-founder of Dime, a factory operating system. He grew up in Detroit with family connections to automotive manufacturing, including his father's work in factory operations and his mother's experience developing control systems at Chrysler.
- Where does Akash Kumar work?
- Akash Kumar is Founder of Dime.
- What companies did Akash Kumar found?
- Akash Kumar founded Dime.
- Where did Akash Kumar go to school?
- Akash Kumar studied at Y Combinator; University of Michigan College of Engineering (B.S.E, Computer Science); Georgia Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science - Machine Learning).
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