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Akul Gupta

Founder

Founder at MindFort

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

FoundedMindFort · YC

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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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MindFort's investors · 2

Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at MindFort

BVBrandon Veiseh
Brandon VeisehFounder

Experience

  1. MindFort AI (YC X25)Co-founder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignGraduate Researcher2023 — 2025Champaign, IL
  3. AnthropicModel Safety Researcher2024 — 2025
  4. OpenAIRed Team Engineer2023 — 2025
  5. EdgeBitSoftware Engineer2023 — 2024
  6. Disruption Lab at GiesEngineering Manager2021 — 2023
  7. Disruption Lab at GiesProject Manager2021
  8. Disruption Lab at GiesSoftware Engineer2021
  9. OpensenseSoftware Engineer2022San Francisco, California, United States
  10. OTCR ConsultingTechnical Consultant2020 — 2022Illinois, United States
  11. University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCourse Assistant2021
  12. Center for Imaging ScienceResearch Assistant2019Rochester, New York, United States

Skills & more

Languages English · Hindi · Spanish

  • International Baccalaureate Diploma — International Baccalaureate

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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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Shared employers

Also worked at MindFort AI (YC X25)1

Brandon VeisehFounder at MindFort

Also worked at Opensense1

Alex SalkeverPartner at Tech Equity