Where does Akash Sadashivapeth work?

Akash Sadashivapeth is Founder of Luca IQ.

What companies did Akash Sadashivapeth found?

Akash Sadashivapeth founded Luca IQ.

Where did Akash Sadashivapeth go to school?

Akash Sadashivapeth studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); University of Pennsylvania (Master of Science in Engineering, Data Science); PES University (Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

Akash Sadashivapeth

Founder

Founder at Luca IQ

Oakmont, Pennsylvania, United States

FoundedLuca IQ · YC

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About

Akash Sadashivapeth is the founder of Luca IQ, a tax preparation platform for accounting firms and CPAs. He previously served as Head of Data Science at Welligence Energy Analytics and holds a data science degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Founder at Luca IQ YC S26

Intro paths

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

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Luca IQ's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Akash can intro founders to Luca IQ's investors below.

Luca IQ's investors · 2

Vela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Luca IQ

Angelo PolicicchioFounder

Experience

Luca IQ (YC S26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
Welligence Energy AnalyticsHead of Data Science2021 — 2024Austin, Texas, United States
Welligence Energy AnalyticsData Scientist2018 — 2021Philadelphia
Welligence Energy AnalyticsData Science Intern2018Philadelphia

Skills & more

Geospatial DataTeachingMachine LearningData VisualizationData AnalysisData MiningStatistical ModelingScikit-LearnNeural NetworksR ShinyPythonR

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MatlabLaTeXSimulinkProcessingJulia (Programming Language)SQL

Languages English · Hindi · Kannada

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Akash Sadashivapeth?: Akash Sadashivapeth is the founder of Luca IQ, a tax preparation platform for accounting firms and CPAs. He previously served as Head of Data Science at Welligence Energy Analytics and holds a data science degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Where does Akash Sadashivapeth work?: Akash Sadashivapeth is Founder of Luca IQ.
What companies did Akash Sadashivapeth found?: Akash Sadashivapeth founded Luca IQ.
Where did Akash Sadashivapeth go to school?: Akash Sadashivapeth studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); University of Pennsylvania (Master of Science in Engineering, Data Science); PES University (Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

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About

Founder at Luca IQYC S26

Intro paths

Luca IQ's investors · 2

Co-founders at Luca IQ

Experience

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Frequently asked questions

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Y Combinator mafia10,230

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PES University mafia18

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School2,000

Also attended University of Pennsylvania1,418

Also attended PES University24

Shared employers

Also worked at Luca IQ (YC S26)1

Also worked at Welligence Energy Analytics3

Founder at Luca IQ YC S26