About
Akhil Iyengar studied computer science and economics at Cornell before leaving to build Operand.
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.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — 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
Co-founders at Operand
RG
Ram GorthiFounder
AS
Arjun SahneyFounder
Experience
- OperandCo-Founder, COOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Education
- Cornell UniversityBachelors, Computer Science & Economics
- Bellarmine College Preparatory
- Y Combinator
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
+ 8,661 more
Cornell University mafia182
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ryan XueBachelor of Science (B.Sc.)Founded Andco +2Mada SegheteBSFounded Upside +1Natalia BakaevaData-Driven Marketing CertificateFounded cashew +1Euwyn PoonComputer ScienceFounded 3dot +1Phil YuenB.AFounded Aurabeat +1Daryl SewBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Certainly Health +1
+ 175 more
Bellarmine College Preparatory mafia10
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ayan BandyopadhyayFounded Finic +1Chris WatkinsHigh School DiplomaFounded Google DeepmindSujay JaswaHigh SchoolFounded DropboxChetan RaneFounded OmniRam GorthiHigh School DiplomaFounded OperandSaurav KumarHigh School DiplomaFounded Fleetline
+ 3 more
Same school
Also attended Cornell University710
Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America
+ 704 more
Also attended Bellarmine College Preparatory27
John DemeterInvestor at Khosla VenturesDavid SilvermanPresident at Red Cell IncubationChris WatkinsHead of Data & Analytics at Asymmetric Capital PartnersShawn KungInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalJustin FasanoInvestor at Struck CapitalChadwick ManningFounder at Cerulean Ventures
+ 21 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures
+ 1,994 more
