About
Andres Santanilla is a repeat founder working on a CRM successor product.
Founder at itemYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Andres went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran item's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Andres can intro founders to item's investors below.
item's investors · 1
Co-founders at item
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Akshay GuthalFounder
Experience
- item (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Independent0 → 1 Product - Consulting2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- OreeCo-Founder2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- AngelListProduct2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- First Round Founding Designer TrackDesign founder2020San Francisco Bay Area
- SAPProduct Design2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- CurviluxCo-founder & Head of product2016 — 2017
- IBMProduct Designer - THINK Lab2015 — 2016New York City Metropolitan Area
- Psyco EntertainmentFounder - COO2007 — 2012
Skills & more
Adobe Creative SuiteHTML5CSSArduinoConcept DevelopmentProduct DesignSketchingIndustrial DesignInteraction Design3D PrototypingEntrepreneurshipStart-ups
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Concept DesignUser Experience DesignUser ExperienceExperience DesignDesign ThinkingLeadershipLanguages English · Spanish
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- Andres Santanilla studied at Savannah College of Art and Design (BFA, Industrial Design - Service Design).
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