Akhil Iyer

Experience

1. Watchtower LabsCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
2. Shield CapitalPrincipalcurrent2021 — present
3. Anduril IndustriesMission Operations2020
4. U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC)Special Operations Officer2016 — 2019
5. US Marine CorpsInfantry Officer2012 — 2015
6. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Research Assistant2011Washington D.C. Metro Area
7. Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)Teaching Assistant2010 — 2011
8. The Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant2009 — 2011

Education

1. Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA
2. Stanford UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA
3. Harvard Kennedy SchoolMaster of Public Policy

Skills & more

From Akhil's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,818

BGBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalALAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJBJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTDTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMMMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMHMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

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Also attended Stanford University1,726

PTPeter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundRHReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDSDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKRKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGTGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorALAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Harvard Kennedy School180

JPJeremy PhilipsInvestor at Spark CapitalMMMike MoradiGeneral Partner at Cortado VenturesGSGayatri SarkarFounder and CEO at Advaita CapitalSSSteve SargeantSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsRSRobert SiglerSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsJFJustin FreehVenture Partner at IronGate Capital Advisors

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Shared employers

Also worked at Anduril Industries28

HTHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystTSTrae StephensPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of AndurilKBKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)PKPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystMXMark XuInvestor at Index VenturesLJLee JacobsEntrepreneur, investor, and cofounder of Edelweiss

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Also worked at US Marine Corps32

TWTony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalBHBeau HigginsVP (OPlign), Senior Client Partner (The Military Veteran) at Context VenturesMSMike SteadmanFounder, Coach, USNA '10 — writing, coaching, and designing categories for underdog military veteran founders and CEOsGVGlenn VogelVenture Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsBCBrian CarbaughCo-Founder & CEO, Andesite; Senior Advisor, Cyber & National Security at Red Cell IncubationKCKevin CogginsInvestor at Green Flag

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Also worked at Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)1

EHEric HorvitzInvestor at Blue Tulip Ventures

Also worked at The Hoover Institution, Stanford University22

PBPaul BarberSenior Advisor at JMI EquityMSMike SteadmanFounder, Coach, USNA '10 — writing, coaching, and designing categories for underdog military veteran founders and CEOsOPOmar PimentelDirector of Frontier Strategy at Type One VenturesEOEnrique OtiInvestor at Green FlagBLBohan LouInvestor at ChemistryHMH.R. McMasterLieutenant General USA (ret.) at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

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