Akash Ramdas
FounderFounder 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.
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.
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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.
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Co-founders at Discovered Materials
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Advaith SridharFounder
Experience
- Discovered MaterialsCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityPostdoctoral Researcher2025 — 2026
- Stanford UniversityGraduate Student Research Assistant2020 — 2025Stanford, California, United States
- The ePlane CompanyProgram Manager, Healthcare2019Greater Chennai Area
- Procter & GambleProduct Supply Intern2018Greater Hyderabad Area
- Indian Institute of Technology, HyderabadIntern2017Greater Hyderabad Area
- Avanti FellowsStudent Mentor2015 — 2016Greater Chennai Area
Skills & more
OpenCL3Customer Service2Programming2Project Management3Research2English2C4Public Speaking8C++4Leadership8Teamwork7MatLab4
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C (Programming Language)ManagementMatlabMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordPowerPointLanguages English · German · Tamil
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Akash Ramdas?
- 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.
- Where does Akash Ramdas work?
- Akash Ramdas is Founder of Discovered Materials.
- What companies did Akash Ramdas found?
- Akash Ramdas founded Discovered Materials.
- Where did Akash Ramdas go to school?
- Akash Ramdas studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Materials Engineering); Stanford University (Master's degree, Materials Science and Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Metallurgical and Materials Engineering).
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