Akshay Budhkar
FounderFounder at Spine AI
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSpine AI · YC
About
Akshay Budhkar is founder and CEO of Spine AI. He previously worked at Georgian Partners advising B2B SaaS companies and leading generative AI and applied research initiatives, and held roles at Scribd and FarmLogs. He completed a Master's degree at the University of Toronto with focus on generative AI.
Founder at Spine AIYC S23
Intro paths
Akshay went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Spine AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Akshay can intro founders to Spine AI's investors below.
Spine AI's investors · 2
Co-founders at Spine AI
Experience
- Spine AIChief Executive Officercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GeorgianAI Technical Lead2022 — 2023Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- GeorgianApplied Research Scientist2019 — 2022Toronto, Canada Area
- GeorgianApplied Research Scientist Intern2018 — 2019Toronto, Canada Area
- WorkFusionPortfolio Secondment (Interim Head of Data Science & Director of Applied Research)2022 — 2023New York, United States
- Vector InstituteResearch Affiliate2018 — 2019
- University of TorontoGraduate Teaching Assistant2017 — 2018
- Street ContxtData Science2017Toronto, Canada Area
- Street ContxtData Science Intern2016Toronto, Canada Area
- ScribdSoftware Engineering Intern2015San Francisco Bay Area
- FarmLogsSoftware Engineer2015Ann Arbor, Michigan
- FarmLogsSoftware Engineering Intern2014Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Rich MediaWeb Programmer2013Toronto, Canada Area
- KUBRAQuality Assurance2013Mississauga
Skills & more
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HTML5Microsoft SQL ServerCSS3Node.jsDjangoRuby on RailsSASSCompassVHDLBackbone.jsAssembly LanguageSinatraLanguages English · French · Hindi · Marathi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Akshay Budhkar?
- Akshay Budhkar is founder and CEO of Spine AI. He previously worked at Georgian Partners advising B2B SaaS companies and leading generative AI and applied research initiatives, and held roles at Scribd and FarmLogs. He completed a Master's degree at the University of Toronto with focus on generative AI.
- Where does Akshay Budhkar work?
- Akshay Budhkar is Founder of Spine AI.
- What companies did Akshay Budhkar found?
- Akshay Budhkar founded Spine AI.
- Where did Akshay Budhkar go to school?
- Akshay Budhkar studied at University of Toronto (Master's degree, Computer Science); University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management (Executive MBA Essentials, Business Administration and Management); University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Engineering).
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