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Amit Yadav

Founder

Founder at Fern

United States

FoundedFern · YC

About

Amit Yadav is cofounder and CEO of Ishiki Labs. He previously worked as a research scientist at Meta, contributing to LLaMA and video AI systems for smart glasses, and holds a PhD from Purdue University with research published at major computer vision and machine learning conferences.

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Founder at FernYC W26

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Fern's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Amit can intro founders to Fern's investors below.

Fern's investors · 3

Bessemer Venture PartnersV1 VCY Combinator

Co-founders at Fern

RXRobert Xu
Robert XuFounder

Experience

  1. FernCofoundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. PANIIT USAMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — presentUnited States
  3. MetaResearch Scientist2024 — 2026Burlingame, California, United States
  4. MetaResearch Scientist2024Menlo Park, California, United States
  5. Purdue University Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer EngineeringResearch Assistant, VIPER Lab2021 — 2024Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States
  6. Enphase EnergyEmbedded Software Engineer2020 — 2021Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  7. Rakuten Institute of TechnologyResearch Intern2020Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  8. MitacsGlobalink Research Intern2019Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  9. JAISTSummer Research Intern2018Ishikawa, Fukushima, Japan
  10. Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarClub Secretary2017 — 2018Gandhinagar, Gujrat, India
  11. Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarConvenor IGNITE 4.02017 — 2018India
  12. Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarRepresentative2017 — 2018Tamil Nadu, India
  13. Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarBlithchron Sponsorship Team Member2016 — 2017
  14. Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarClass Representative2016 — 2017Greater Ahmedabad Area
  15. Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarFellowship2017India
  16. Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarTechnical Coordinator IGNITE 3.02016 — 2017Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat, India
  17. Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarRepresentative2017Greater Lucknow Area
  18. Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarRepresentative2016Greater Lucknow Area

Education

  1. Y CombinatorWinter 20262026
  2. Purdue UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering(ECE)
  3. Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarBachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical Engineering
  4. Carleton UniversitySummer Visting Research Student, Human Computer Interaction
  5. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologySummer Visiting Research Student, Information Technology
  6. Central Board of Secondary EducationSenior Secondary, Physics
  7. Central Board of Secondary EducationSecondary Education, Science and Mathematics

Skills & more

Management2Teamwork3Leadership2Generative AI2Large Language Models (LLM)3Speech Recognition3Pattern RecognitionDeep Learning1Machine Learning1Objective-CLinuxImage Processing2
+7 moreHuman Computer InteractionPythonMicrosoft OfficeC++Computer VisionArduinoEmbedded Systems

Languages English · Hindi

From Amit's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Purdue University mafia61

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Gaurav SantMSCEFounded CarbonBuilt +1Guarav SantMSCEFounded CarbonBuilt +1Jason KonradBachelorsFounded 280 North +1Manav BokinalaBachelor of Science - BSFounded vly.ai +1Kenneth Morand, Ph.D.Ph.D.Founded Neucore BioTodd WallachBSFounded SOLUtion Medical

+ 54 more

Carleton University mafia18

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Fahim SheikhMaster of Engineering (M.Eng.)Founded TrellisMark SteeleBachelor of Arts (BA)Founded Level AccessNick PorterBachelor's degreeFounded 42Evan FarrellSoftware Engineering - DropoutFounded PathAdvait SaravadeBachelor's degreeFounded Deep MeditateKevin BacheSprott School of BusinessFounded Phoenix

+ 11 more

Central Board of Secondary Education mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Rahul AnandHigh schoolFounded KorrAI

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sarthak JainBachelor's DegreeFounded Nanonets

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar3

Akanksha JagwaniInvestor at FEBE VenturesMridul PareekInvestment Associate at European Circular Bioeconomy FundSarthak JainFounder/CEO at Nanonets

Also attended Central Board of Secondary Education1

Rahul AnandFounder at KorrAI

Shared employers

Also worked at Fern1

Robert XuFounder at Fern

Also worked at Meta282

Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureKevin ColleranManaging Director at Slow VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 276 more

Also worked at Rakuten Institute of Technology1

Mitchell FogelsonFounder | CEO at Beyond Reach Labs

Also worked at Mitacs2

Juliana MuñozAssociate at Amplitude Venture CapitalClaudia KrywiakBoard of Directors; President and CEO at Ontario Centre of Innovation at Waterloo Accelerator Centre