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About
Akshaya Dinesh of San Francisco, CA was named a Thiel Fellow in the class of 2023, the Thiel Foundation's program that pays young founders a two-year stipend to build instead of finishing a degree. The Foundation's announcement for that class records that they were working on Spellbound.
Experience
- South Park CommonsMembercurrent2026 — present
- Bain Capital VenturesEntrepreneur in Residence2025San Francisco, California, United States
- SubstackProduct Manager2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- The Thiel FoundationThiel Fellow2023 — 2025
- SpellboundFounder & CEO2021 — 2024
- Nova (acquired)Co-Founder2020 — 2021
- Kitty HawkSoftware Engineering2020
- FacebookAI TPM2020
- Pear VCGarage Fellow2019 — 2020
- MicrosoftSWE & PM2019
- Stanford UniversityUndergrad TA2019Stanford, CA
- Major League HackingCoach2018 — 2019
- Girls Make AppsFounder & Executive Director2016 — 2018
- BloombergSoftware Engineering2018New York, New York
- OathProduct2017 — 2018New York, New York
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFounder2016
Skills & more
Leadership70Public Speaking52Web Development49Java20Android Development12Entrepreneurship24HTML15CSS13JavaScript13Virtual Reality13Software Development15jQuery9
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Akshaya Dinesh?
- Akshaya Dinesh of San Francisco, CA was named a Thiel Fellow in the class of 2023, the Thiel Foundation's program that pays young founders a two-year stipend to build instead of finishing a degree. The Foundation's announcement for that class records that they were working on Spellbound.
- Where did Akshaya Dinesh go to school?
- Akshaya Dinesh studied at Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).
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Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at Floodgate
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Shared employers
Also worked at Pear VC77
Priscilla RussoAssociate at Redpoint VenturesNicole QuinnCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Connect VenturesAli KashaniVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcKristin BeachCFO at Theory VenturesAnand IyerInvestor and founder in San FranciscoRoxana GrunenwaldInvestor at Dorm Room
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Also worked at Microsoft2,000
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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Also worked at Stanford University1,139
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)
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