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Akash Ramdas

Founder

Founder at Discovered Materials

Stanford, California, United States

FoundedDiscovered Materials · YC

About

Akash Ramdas previously founded Matforge and holds advanced degrees in materials science and engineering from Stanford, including a master's degree, PhD, and postdoctoral fellowship. He is now working on AI-driven materials discovery.

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Founder at Discovered MaterialsYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Akash went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Discovered Materials's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Akash can intro founders to Discovered Materials's investors below.

Discovered Materials's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Discovered Materials

ASAdvaith Sridhar
Advaith SridharFounder

Experience

  1. Discovered MaterialsCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Stanford UniversityPostdoctoral Researcher2025 — 2026
  3. Stanford UniversityGraduate Student Research Assistant2020 — 2025Stanford, California, United States
  4. The ePlane CompanyProgram Manager, Healthcare2019Greater Chennai Area
  5. Procter & GambleProduct Supply Intern2018Greater Hyderabad Area
  6. Indian Institute of Technology, HyderabadIntern2017Greater Hyderabad Area
  7. Avanti FellowsStudent Mentor2015 — 2016Greater Chennai Area

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Engineering2020 — 2025
  2. Stanford UniversityMaster's degree, Materials Science and Engineering2019 — 2021
  3. Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Metallurgical and Materials Engineering2015 — 2019

Skills & more

OpenCL3Customer Service2Programming2Project Management3Research2English2C4Public Speaking8C++4Leadership8Teamwork7MatLab4
+7 moreC (Programming Language)ManagementMatlabMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordPowerPoint

Languages English · German · Tamil

From Akash's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,726

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras74

Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCIlanInvestor at Eudemian VenturesRaghuInvestor at Eudemian Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Discovered Materials1

Aabhas KhannaGeneral Partner at MyAsiaVC

Also worked at Stanford University458

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also worked at The ePlane Company2

Rajas NeveInvestor at Powerhouse VenturesKiran MysorePrincipal at UTEC

Also worked at Procter & Gamble202

Ken ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystDavid JohnsonManaging Director at Intel Capital, North AmericaKenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTechChad L. SummeBoard Member at CincyTechAlex TosoliniAdvisor at CincyTechJoanna Skoler GilmanChief Marketing and Communications Officer at .406 Ventures

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