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Ankur Dahama

Founder

Founder at Userlens

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedUserlens · YC

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399 people in our graph share verified history with Ankur — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Garry TanunlockedAnkur: together at Y Combinator (2026)

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About

Ankur Dahama is an engineer and co-founder of Userlens who previously founded Wudpecker, which grew to over 20,000 teams. He has prior experience in engine simulation at Mercedes-AMG and system software development for nuclear reactor technology.

Founder at Userlens YC X26

Intro paths

YC

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

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Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Userlens's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ankur can intro founders to Userlens's investors below.

Userlens's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Userlens

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Hai Ta

Hai TaFounder

Experience

UserlensCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
WudpeckerCo-Founder2022 — 2025
HaiiloProduct2020 — 2022Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
TreonProduct2019 — 2020Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Various CompaniesSoftware Engineer & Project Manager2016 — 2019Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Skills & more

TypeScript2Communication15Public Speaking5Leadership3

Languages English · Hindi

From Ankur's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ankur Dahama?: Ankur Dahama is an engineer and co-founder of Userlens who previously founded Wudpecker, which grew to over 20,000 teams. He has prior experience in engine simulation at Mercedes-AMG and system software development for nuclear reactor technology.
Where does Ankur Dahama work?: Ankur Dahama is Founder of Userlens.
What companies did Ankur Dahama found?: Ankur Dahama founded Userlens.
Where did Ankur Dahama go to school?: Ankur Dahama studied at Y Combinator; Tampere University (Master's degree, Industrial Management); Tampere University of Technology 1965-2018 (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3 Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1 Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y Combinator Alexis OhanianPartnerFounded Reddit Fred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1 Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1

+ 10,223 more

Tampere University of Technology 1965-2018 mafia12

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Hai TaBachelor's degreeFounded Userlens Heikki VäänänenMaster of Science (M.S.)Founded Happy Or Not Antti NivalaM.Sc.Founded M-Files Hannes NützmannComputer ScienceFounded Ceezer Teppo TammistoMScFounded Techilatechnologies Markku SalmelaM.Sc. (E.E.)Founded Meluta Mobiilikasinot

+ 5 more

Tampere University mafia6

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Gleb LevinFounded Frankly +1 Tanu-Matti TuominenGraduating Masters StudiesFounded Visionfund Hai TaMaster of Science - MSFounded Userlens Pietari VirkkunenB.Arch. – ArchitectureFounded Last Accounting Company Laura KoivusaloDoctor of Science and TechnologyFounded StemSight

Haiilo mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Thibaud MartinCo-founder & CEO at Jubiwee (acq.)Founded Altrove Antoine BellionHead of Software EngineeringFounded Pyto

Treon mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Christian Tang-JespersenBoard MemberFounded Heptagon Advanced Micro-Optics

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Subomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of Convoy Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital Victor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Tampere University9

Ramin VatanparastAdvisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment Ventures Tanu-Matti TuominenCo-founder, Partner and Head of Investor Relations at IPR.VC Boris NguyenSenior Associate at Levine Leichtman Hai TaFounder at Userlens Pietari VirkkunenCo-founder at Last Accounting Company Laura KoivusaloCEO at StemSight

+ 3 more

Also attended Tampere University of Technology 1965-201835

Hannu JungmanPartner, Innovestor Venture Capital at Innovestor Ventures Pentti TuunalaPartner at Sentica Partners Oy Jari TuovinenCEO and Co-Founder at Visionplus Mikko KuitunenGrowth Partner at Evli Growth Partners Kai RintalaManaging Director, Taaleri Energia at Taaleri Energia Funds Tuomas RekonenInvestment Manager at Endeit Capital

+ 29 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Userlens2

Reima LinnanvirtaPartner at Trind Ventures Hai TaFounder at Userlens

Also worked at Wudpecker1

Hai TaFounder at Userlens

Also worked at Haiilo5

Walter MairPrincipal at Marlin Equity Partners Lasse LehtinenGeneral Partner at Icebreaker Carles Ferrer RoquetaGeneral Partner at Nauta Capital Thibaud MartinCEO at Altrove Antoine Bellioncto at Pyto

Also worked at Treon5

Christian Tang-JespersenPartner at ACME Capital Joni KorppiFounder at Treon Janne JulkunenFounder at Treon Pasi HyttinenFounder at Treon Tuomo NikkiläFounder at Treon