Where does Akshay Trikha work?

Akshay Trikha is Founder of Madrone.

Where did Akshay Trikha go to school?

Akshay Trikha studied at University of California, Berkeley (Master of Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering); Harvey Mudd College (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science); UWC South East Asia (High School).

Akshay Trikha

Founder

Founder at Madrone

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMadrone · YC

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319 people in our graph share verified history with Akshay — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Dana OshirounlockedAkshay: together at University of California, Berkeley (2024)

×4Akshay: together at UWC South East Asia

×2Akshay: together at University of California, Berkeley

Akshay: together at QuantumScape

About

Akshay Trikha has worked on machine learning model training at QuantumScape and materials property prediction research at Berkeley. He is currently founder and CEO at Madrone, developing data center cooling technology.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

a•••@madrone.coolreveal75% confident

Founder at Madrone YC X26

Intro paths

Akshay went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Madrone's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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

Madrone's investors · 2

Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Madrone

Erik MeikeFounder

Experience

MadroneFoundercurrent2025 — presentMountain View, CA
QuantumScapeML Engineer, Office of the CTO2021 — 2025San Jose, CA
UC Berkeley College of EngineeringGraduate Student Researcher2024 — 2025Berkeley, California, United States
Sandia National LaboratoriesResearcher2020 — 2021
AMISTAD LabResearcher2019Harvey Mudd College

Skills & more

PyTorchDeep LearningMachine LearningMLOpsComputer VisionGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Computational Materials SciencePython (Programming Language)1TensorFlowFront-end Development1Scientific ComputingResearch Skills

+12 more

Linear AlgebraMathematicsStatisticsStatistical Learning TheoryEnergy StorageTransmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)Scientific WritingSmart ContractsTeachingEntrepreneurshipProject ManagementSoftware Development

Languages Chinese (Simplified) · English · Hindi · Sanskrit

Machine Learning Engineering for Production (MLOps) Specialization — Coursera

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Akshay Trikha?: Akshay Trikha has worked on machine learning model training at QuantumScape and materials property prediction research at Berkeley. He is currently founder and CEO at Madrone, developing data center cooling technology.
Where does Akshay Trikha work?: Akshay Trikha is Founder of Madrone.
What companies did Akshay Trikha found?: Akshay Trikha founded Madrone.
Where did Akshay Trikha go to school?: Akshay Trikha studied at University of California, Berkeley (Master of Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering); Harvey Mudd College (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science); UWC South East Asia (High School).

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Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Harvey Mudd College mafia37

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UWC South East Asia mafia13

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Marcus LimaInternational baccalaureateFounded Torus +1 Shashank KhannaFounded Cashmere +1 Vaishant KameswaranInternational BaccalaureateFounded Tabnam +1 Christopher KahlerFounded Qriously +1 Bastiaan JanmaatFounded DataFox Ahana BanerjeeIB DiplomaFounded Clear

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QuantumScape mafia5

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Venkat ViswanathanTechnical ConsultantFounded AIONICS +1 JB StraubelBoard MemberFounded Redwood Materials Jagdeep SinghFounderFounded Rhoda AI Phillip WeickerDirector of Battery SystemsFounded Harbinger Motors

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000

Steve WozniakCo-founder of Apple Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AI Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of Databricks Abraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of Skydio Trevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst Anthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel Capital

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Also attended Harvey Mudd College60

Erik StraserPartner at ClearSky Ho NamManaging Director at Altos Ventures Julia PuzzoAssociate at Fika Ventures Jon SobergCEO and Managing Partner at MS&AD Ventures Ben NahirPartner at Elevate Capital Shahril IbrahimPartner at The Hive Southeast Asia

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Also attended UWC South East Asia34

Coen ArmstrongInvestor at Spark Capital AniTalent Team at Hummingbird Ventures Auguste FagniezSenior Associate at Fusion Harleen ThakralVice President at Elev8.vc Sid TrivediPartner at Foundation Capital Leisan GarifullinaAssociate at Savano Capital Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Madrone1

Erik MeikeFounder at Madrone

Also worked at QuantumScape7

Joshua PosamentierManaging Partner and Co-Founder at Congruent Ventures Venkat ViswanathanAdvisor at Avila David DanielsonBreakthrough Energy Ventures at Breakthrough Energy Ventures JB StraubelInvestor at Straubel Family Foundation Jagdeep SinghCEO, Co-founder at Rhoda AI Siva SivaramFounder at QuantumScape

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Also worked at UC Berkeley College of Engineering30

Khalil FullerPartner & Head of Dorm at Pear VC Devin RossAssociate at Structural Capital Danielle VivoDirector of Programs at Alchemist Japan Sun Hyuk AhnInvestor at Harmony Ankit MathurScout at Greylock Partners Russell NibbelinkFounder at Overview

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Also worked at Sandia National Laboratories59

Irving HsuInvestor at Mayfield Fund Andrew ScheuermannInvestor at Inception Studio Capital Karen LawInvestor at Sand Hill Angels Anarghya VardhanaGeneral Partner at Maveron David MoehringCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Cambium Capital David KimAssociate at Duke Capital Partners

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About

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at MadroneYC X26

Intro paths

Madrone's investors · 2

Co-founders at Madrone

Experience

Skills & more

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Harvey Mudd College mafia37

UWC South East Asia mafia13

QuantumScape mafia5

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000

Also attended Harvey Mudd College60

Also attended UWC South East Asia34

Shared employers

Also worked at Madrone1

Also worked at QuantumScape7

Also worked at UC Berkeley College of Engineering30

Also worked at Sandia National Laboratories59

Founder at Madrone YC X26