Anshul Ahluwalia
FounderFounder at Surtr Defense Systems
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedSurtr Defense Systems · YC
About
Anshul Ahluwalia previously worked as an autonomy engineer at Shield-AI and is now building command and control systems focused on counter-unmanned aircraft applications.
Founder at Surtr Defense SystemsYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Anshul 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 Surtr Defense Systems's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Anshul can intro founders to Surtr Defense Systems's investors below.
Surtr Defense Systems's investors · 2
Co-founders at Surtr Defense Systems
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Cameron FioreFounder
Experience
- Surtr Defense SystemsCo-founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Shield AISenior Robotics Engineer2025 — 2026San Diego, California, United States
- Shield AIRobotics Engineer2024 — 2025San Diego, California, United States
- Skylark LabsMachine Learning Intern2023 — 2024Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyGraduate Researcher @ SAIL2023Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyGraduate Researcher @ Hays Lab2022 — 2023
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyGraduate Teaching Assistant2022 — 2023Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Shield AIAutonomy Engineer Intern2023San Diego Metropolitan Area
- MetaSoftware Engineer Intern2022Menlo Park, California, United States
- DropboxLaunch SWE Intern2020Seattle, Washington, United States
Skills & more
Python (Programming Language)3C++3Deep Learning2Deep Reinforcement Learning1Graph Neural NetworksPyTorch GeometricModel CompressionPHPFront-End Development1BackendPyTorchTransformers1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Anshul Ahluwalia?
- Anshul Ahluwalia previously worked as an autonomy engineer at Shield-AI and is now building command and control systems focused on counter-unmanned aircraft applications.
- Where does Anshul Ahluwalia work?
- Anshul Ahluwalia is Founder of Surtr Defense Systems.
- What companies did Anshul Ahluwalia found?
- Anshul Ahluwalia founded Surtr Defense Systems.
- Where did Anshul Ahluwalia go to school?
- Anshul Ahluwalia studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science).
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