About
Akul Gupta is co-founder and chief technology officer of MindFort.
Founder at MindFortYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Akul went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran MindFort's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Akul can intro founders to MindFort's investors below.
MindFort's investors · 2
Co-founders at MindFort
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Brandon VeisehFounder
Experience
- MindFort AI (YC X25)Co-founder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignGraduate Researcher2023 — 2025Champaign, IL
- AnthropicModel Safety Researcher2024 — 2025
- OpenAIRed Team Engineer2023 — 2025
- EdgeBitSoftware Engineer2023 — 2024
- Disruption Lab at GiesEngineering Manager2021 — 2023
- Disruption Lab at GiesProject Manager2021
- Disruption Lab at GiesSoftware Engineer2021
- OpensenseSoftware Engineer2022San Francisco, California, United States
- OTCR ConsultingTechnical Consultant2020 — 2022Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCourse Assistant2021
- Center for Imaging ScienceResearch Assistant2019Rochester, New York, United States
Skills & more
Languages English · Hindi · Spanish
- International Baccalaureate Diploma — International Baccalaureate
From Akul's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Akul Gupta?
- Akul Gupta is co-founder and chief technology officer of MindFort.
- Where does Akul Gupta work?
- Akul Gupta is Founder of MindFort.
- What companies did Akul Gupta found?
- Akul Gupta founded MindFort.
- Where did Akul Gupta go to school?
- Akul Gupta studied at Y Combinator (X25); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science With Honors, Computer Science).
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