About
Alex Sands is co-founder of Plasticity, a natural language understanding software company. Previously held product and engineering roles at Apple, Google Nest, and Comcast.
Founder at PlasticityYC S17
Intro paths
YC
Alex went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Alex can intro founders to Plasticity's investors below.
Plasticity's investors · 4
Co-founders at Plasticity
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Ajay PatelFounder
Experience
- TruemedVice President of Product Managementcurrent2026 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
- TruemedGM, Truemed Health2025 — 2026Austin, Texas, United States
- PlasticityCo-Founder & Chief Product Officer2016 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- AppleEngineering Product Manager2016Cupertino
- ComcastStrategic Development Intern2015Philadelphia, PA
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2014
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship32Web Development19Web Design11Marketing21Digital Media4E-commerce9Social Media Marketing6SEO5Web 2.04Microsoft Office3Java4Python4
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HTMLLanguages Russian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Sands?
- Alex Sands is co-founder of Plasticity, a natural language understanding software company. Previously held product and engineering roles at Apple, Google Nest, and Comcast.
- Where does Alex Sands work?
- Alex Sands is Founder of Plasticity.
- What companies did Alex Sands found?
- Alex Sands founded Plasticity.
- Where did Alex Sands go to school?
- Alex Sands studied at University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science & Bachelor of Science in Economics); Y Combinator (YCAI); Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
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