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About
Akhil Iyengar studied computer science and economics at Cornell before leaving to build Operand.
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- a•••@operand.comreveal75% confident
Founder at OperandYC W25
Intro paths
Akhil went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Operand's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Akhil can intro founders to Operand's investors below.
Operand's investors · 5
Co-founders at Operand
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Akhil Iyengar?
- Akhil Iyengar studied computer science and economics at Cornell before leaving to build Operand.
- Where does Akhil Iyengar work?
- Akhil Iyengar is Founder of Operand.
- What companies did Akhil Iyengar found?
- Akhil Iyengar founded Operand.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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Cornell mafia681
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Bellarmine College Preparatory mafia21
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