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Akshay Trikha

Founder

Founder at Madrone

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMadrone · YC

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.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at MadroneYC X26

Intro paths

YC

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

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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — 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 PartnersY Combinator

Co-founders at Madrone

EMErik Meike
Erik MeikeFounder

Experience

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

Education

  1. University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering2023 — 2025
  2. Harvey Mudd CollegeBachelor of Science, Computer Science2017 — 2021
  3. UWC South East AsiaHigh School2007 — 2017

Skills & more

PyTorchDeep LearningMachine LearningMLOpsComputer VisionGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Computational Materials SciencePython (Programming Language)1TensorFlowFront-end Development1Scientific ComputingResearch Skills
+12 moreLinear 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

From Akshay's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley987

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

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Also attended Harvey Mudd College16

Erik StraserPartner at ClearSkyJon SobergCEO and Managing Partner at MS&AD VenturesBen NahirPartner at Elevate CapitalShahril IbrahimPartner at The Hive Southeast AsiaTom HsiehPartner, Capital at FuturesightTom Preston-WernerCofounder & General Partner at Preston-Werner Ventures

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Also attended UWC South East Asia22

Coen ArmstrongInvestor at Spark CapitalAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAuguste FagniezSenior Associate at FusionHarleen ThakralVice President at Elev8.vcSid TrivediPartner at Foundation CapitalBastiaan JanmaatManaging Director at Linse Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Madrone1

Erik MeikeFounder at Madrone

Also worked at QuantumScape4

Samir KaulInvestor at Khosla VenturesJoshua PosamentierManaging Partner and Co-Founder at Congruent VenturesDavid DanielsonBreakthrough Energy Ventures at Breakthrough Energy VenturesDaniel SegundoGeneral Partner at Off the Chain Capital

Also worked at UC Berkeley College of Engineering12

Khalil FullerPartner & Head of Dorm at Pear VCDevin RossAssociate at Structural CapitalDanielle VivoDirector of Programs at Alchemist JapanAnkit MathurScout at Greylock PartnersButian L.Investor at NGC VenturesMedha KothariInvestor at Variant Fund

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Also worked at Sandia National Laboratories12

Spencer FoustManaging Director at Sozo VenturesIrving HsuInvestor at Mayfield FundAndrew ScheuermannInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalKaren LawInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsAnarghya VardhanaGeneral Partner at MaveronDavid MoehringCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Cambium Capital

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