Akshay Subramaniam
FounderCEO at Haystack
New York, New York, United States
FoundedHaystack · YCHaystack · YC
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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.
CEO at HaystackYC S24
Intro paths
Akshay went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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 ↗
In turn, Akshay can intro founders to Haystack's investors below.
Haystack's investors · 4
Co-founders at Haystack

Founder at HaystackYC W21
Intro paths
Akshay went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Haystack's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Akshay can intro founders to Haystack's investors below.
Haystack's investors · 12
Co-founders at Haystack



Frequently asked questions
- Who is Akshay Subramaniam?
- 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.
- Where does Akshay Subramaniam work?
- Akshay Subramaniam is Founder of Haystack.
- What companies did Akshay Subramaniam found?
- Akshay Subramaniam founded Haystack, Haystack.
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Figma mafia27
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