Anish Tondwalkar
FounderFounder at d_model
San Francisco, California, United States
Foundedd_model · YC
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About
Anish Tondwalkar is CEO of dmodel, with a background in artificial intelligence and ontology research.
Founder at d_modelYC S24
Intro paths
Anish went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran d_model's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Experience
- dmodelFoundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staff2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2020 — 2023Sunnyvale, California, United States
- UC San DiegoGraduate Research Assistant2016 — 2020
- BloombergQuant Analytics Infrastructure Intern2018New York, United States
- University of VirginiaGraduate Research Assistant2014 — 2016
- U.S. Naval Research LaboratoryPhysical Science Aide2011 — 2013
- Little Einstein ExplorersTeacher & DevOps2007 — 2011
Skills & more
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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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Y Combinator mafia10,230
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UC San Diego mafia235
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University of Virginia mafia194
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OpenAI mafia103
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