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Akshay Subramaniam

Founder

Founder at Haystack

New York, New York, United States

FoundedHaystack · YC

About

Akshay Subramaniam is co-founder of Haystack Software and formerly a software engineer at Figma where he contributed to product launches including multi-edit functionality, Find and Replace, and FigJam accessibility features.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at HaystackYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Akshay went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Haystack's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Akshay can intro founders to Haystack's investors below.

Haystack's investors · 2

Day One VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Haystack

JYJake Yatvitskiy
Jake YatvitskiyFounder

Experience

  1. Haystack SoftwareCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. FigmaSoftware Engineer2022 — 2024New York, New York, United States
  3. GoogleSoftware Engineer2021 — 2022Mountain View, California, United States
  4. GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2020Mountain View, California, United States
  5. University of Michigan College of EngineeringEECS 370 Instructional Aide2019 — 2020Ann Arbor, MI
  6. GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2019Mountain View, CA
  7. ITHAKAWeb Development Intern2018Ann Arbor, MI
  8. That Green SpaceFull Stack Development Intern2017Singapore

Education

  1. University of Michigan College of EngineeringBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2017 — 2021

Skills & more

Agile MethodologiesWeb DevelopmentMobile Application Development1PyUnitAmazon RedshiftDjango1React.js1Java Spring1JavaPython1JavaScriptjQuery
+12 moreHTML 5CSSPostgreSQLAJAXRubyAndroidC++MySQLJUnitGraphQLNode.jsRedux.js

From Akshay's professional profile.

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

University of Michigan College of Engineering mafia23

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Milan RayBachelor's degreeFounded ParkerTom GellatlyFounded CentaurGarrison BellackB.S.E.Founded DreamWorldBrandon BusuitoBSE - Biomedical EngineeringFounded CoVerifiedCameron TaylorBachelor of Engineering (B.E.)Founded Entelexo BiotherapeuticsAdithya RamanathanBachelor of Engineering (B.E.)Founded Buzzle

+ 16 more

Same school

Also attended University of Michigan College of Engineering32

Bob StefanskiManaging Director at eLab VenturesRama SomayajulaHead of Trading at ParadigmNATE REDMONDPartner at Alpha EdisonHaley ProutInvestor at Gigascale CapitalJoe TouGeneral Partner at Triptyq CapitalSoona AmhazManaging Partner at VOLT CAPITAL

+ 26 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Haystack Software1

Jake YatvitskiyFounder at Haystack

Also worked at Figma35

Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsDylan FieldCo-founder and CEO of FigmaGrey BakerGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAjay VasheeInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

+ 29 more

Also worked at Google1,533

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,527 more

Also worked at University of Michigan College of Engineering14

Jim AdoxExecutive Managing Director at Clarevia VenturesAdrian FortinoGeneral Partner at Mercury FundAshwin LalendranInvestor at Moxxie VenturesBVR Mohan ReddyFounder & Partner at Hyderabad AngelsB V R Mohan ReddyFounder & Chairman, Cyient at T-HubBrandon BusuitoFounder at CoVerified

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