About
Akhil Gupta has worked on AI research at Johns Hopkins and MIT, and held an AI role at TikTok. Since 2022 he has worked in renewables construction, and is now building Fresco to automate material takeoffs.
Founder at FrescoYC F24
Intro paths
YC
Akhil went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Fresco's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Akhil can intro founders to Fresco's investors below.
Fresco's investors · 2
Co-founders at Fresco
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Arvind VeluvaliFounder/CEO
Experience
- Fresco (YC F24)Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Clean Energy Leadership InstituteFellow2024
- Lumen EnergySoftware Engineer2023 — 2024San Francisco
- TikTokSoftware Engineer2021 — 2023San Francisco
- Ribbit NetworkEmbedded Software Engineer2022
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLab Technician2020 — 2021Cambridge
- OptoroSoftware Engineer2019Washington DC
- CogniTensorMachine Learning Engineer2018New Delhi
Skills & more
Leadership15Python (Programming Language)11Data Analysis8Research2Public Speaking2Unix (Programming Language)2Java (Programming Language)1MATLAB (Programming Language)1
Languages English · Hindi · Spanish
- CDR Boot Up — AirMiners
- IBM Data Science Professional Certificate — Coursera
From Akhil's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Akhil Gupta?
- Akhil Gupta has worked on AI research at Johns Hopkins and MIT, and held an AI role at TikTok. Since 2022 he has worked in renewables construction, and is now building Fresco to automate material takeoffs.
- Where does Akhil Gupta work?
- Akhil Gupta is Founder of Fresco.
- What companies did Akhil Gupta found?
- Akhil Gupta founded Fresco.
- Where did Akhil Gupta go to school?
- Akhil Gupta studied at Y Combinator (F24); Massachusetts Institute of Technology; The Johns Hopkins University (Master of Arts - MA, Philosophy).
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