Anish Tondwalkar
FounderFounder at d_model
San Francisco, California, United States
Foundedd_model Β· YC
About
Anish Tondwalkar is CEO of dmodel, with a background in artificial intelligence and ontology research.
Founder at d_modelYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Anish went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran d_model's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Anish can intro founders to d_model's investors below.
d_model's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at d_model
DM
Daniel MoonFounder
Experience
- dmodelFoundercurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staff2023 β 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2020 β 2023Sunnyvale, California, United States
- UC San DiegoGraduate Research Assistant2016 β 2020
- BloombergQuant Analytics Infrastructure Intern2018New York, United States
- University of VirginiaGraduate Research Assistant2014 β 2016
- U.S. Naval Research LaboratoryPhysical Science Aide2011 β 2013
- Little Einstein ExplorersTeacher & DevOps2007 β 2011
Skills & more
Mathematics2TeachingDevOpsPhysicsElectronicsComputational PhysicsTheoretical Physics1OCamlProgramming LanguagesSoftware VerificationSMTHaskell
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CompilersMLIRJavaInteractive Theorem ProvingC++Python (Programming Language)MathematicaMATLABFortranFrom Anish's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Anish Tondwalkar?
- Anish Tondwalkar is CEO of dmodel, with a background in artificial intelligence and ontology research.
- Where does Anish Tondwalkar work?
- Anish Tondwalkar is Founder of d_model.
- What companies did Anish Tondwalkar found?
- Anish Tondwalkar founded d_model.
- Where did Anish Tondwalkar go to school?
- Anish Tondwalkar studied at UC San Diego (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Programming Languages); UC San Diego (C. Phil., Computer Science); University of Virginia (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science).
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