Ananth Sankaralingam
FounderFounder at Chromie
Los Angeles, California, United States
FoundedChromie · YC
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About
Ananth Sankaralingam studied Computer Science at the University of Maryland and has published machine learning research at NeurIPS, with prior work experience at LinkedIn and Amazon. He is the founder of Chromie, an AI workspace that helps government contractors find, qualify, and pursue federal and SLED contract opportunities.
Founder at ChromieYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Ananth went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harshita Arora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Chromie's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Akshay MistryFounder
Experience
- chromie.devCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2026 — present
- LinkedInSoftware Engineer2025
- UMIACSResearch Assistant2024 — 2025College Park, MD
- AmazonSoftware Engineer2024Bellevue, WA
- Children's National HospitalAI Engineer2024
- University of MarylandTeaching Assistant2024
- ExperianTechnology FinOps2023New York City Metropolitan Area
- General Dynamics Information TechnologySoftware Engineer2023
Skills & more
AndroidFirebaseRust (Programming Language)Node.jsFlaskGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)React.jsFlutterC (Programming Language)Amazon Web Services (AWS)Python (Programming Language)2Java2
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JavaScriptMongoDBAmazon EC2DatasetsModel-View-Controller (MVC)Assistant TeachingChrome ExtensionsFull-Stack DevelopmentKnowledge GraphsTypeScriptOCamlSoftware Development- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ananth Sankaralingam?
- Ananth Sankaralingam studied Computer Science at the University of Maryland and has published machine learning research at NeurIPS, with prior work experience at LinkedIn and Amazon. He is the founder of Chromie, an AI workspace that helps government contractors find, qualify, and pursue federal and SLED contract opportunities.
- Where does Ananth Sankaralingam work?
- Ananth Sankaralingam is Founder of Chromie.
- What companies did Ananth Sankaralingam found?
- Ananth Sankaralingam founded Chromie.
- Where did Ananth Sankaralingam go to school?
- Ananth Sankaralingam studied at University of Maryland (Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science); South Brunswick High School (High School Diploma); Y Combinator.
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