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Akhil Iyengar

Founder

Founder at Operand

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedOperand · YC

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51 people in our graph share verified history with Akhil — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

James DetweilerunlockedAkhil: together at Operand (2025–2026)
×11Akhil: together at Bellarmine College Preparatory

About

Akhil Iyengar studied computer science and economics at Cornell before leaving to build Operand.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at OperandYC W25

Intro paths

YC

Akhil went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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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 ↗

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In turn, Akhil can intro founders to Operand's investors below.

Operand's investors · 2

Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Operand

RGRam Gorthi
Ram GorthiFounder
ASArjun Sahney
Arjun SahneyFounder

Experience

  1. OperandCo-Founder, COOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States

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.
Where did Akhil Iyengar go to school?
Akhil Iyengar studied at Cornell University (Bachelors, Computer Science & Economics); Bellarmine College Preparatory; Y Combinator.

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