Find your path to Ashank
207 people in our graph share verified history with Ashank — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Cat WuunlockedAshank: together at Anthropic (2026)
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About
Co-founder and CEO of Mentlio. Previously studied computer science at Caltech and researched generative and graph-based deep learning for biomedical problems at Dartmouth Health.
Co-Founder & CEO at MentlioYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Ashank went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — 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 Mentlio's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ashank can intro founders to Mentlio's investors below.
Mentlio's investors · 2
Co-founders at Mentlio
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Ahmet DemirbasCo-Founder & CTO
Experience
- MentlioCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2025 — present
- AnthropicCampus Lead2026
- Preface HealthEngineer2025 — 2026Los Angeles, CA
- Dartmouth HealthResearch2023 — 2025Hanover, NH
- Purdue UniversityResearch2024West Lafayette, IN
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ashank Shah?
- Co-founder and CEO of Mentlio. Previously studied computer science at Caltech and researched generative and graph-based deep learning for biomedical problems at Dartmouth Health.
- Where does Ashank Shah work?
- Ashank Shah is Co-Founder & CEO of Mentlio.
- What companies did Ashank Shah found?
- Ashank Shah founded Mentlio.
- Where did Ashank Shah go to school?
- Ashank Shah studied at Caltech (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Y Combinator; LeapYear.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Caltech mafia153
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Dario AmodeiProgress towards BSFounded AnthropicFei-Fei LiDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded World LabsBill GrossBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded X1 +5Chris VoigtPhDFounded Asimov +2Gil ElbazBSFounded TenOneTen Ventures +1Aditya RajagopalBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Esperto Medical +1
+ 146 more
Anthropic mafia55
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Mike KriegerChief Product Officer (moved into new 'Labs' division, Jan 2026)Founded InstagramReed HastingsBoard MemberFounded InterPositiveTom BlomfieldMember of Technical StaffFounded Starling Bank +2Sameer DholakiaInvestorFounded SendGrid +1Jeremy JohnsonInvestorFounded 2U +1Houman HaghighiInvestorFounded Techstars
+ 48 more
Portland State University mafia17
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Montana LowBachelor of ScienceFounded Tomo +3Akshay DodejaBachelor of Science - BSFounded Terminal49 +1Paresh PatelBSFounded VendScreen +1Ranice BrownBachelors of ScienceFounded Techstars +1Carl ThongPostgraduate CertificateFounded BankingonJoe McCannBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Nodesource
+ 10 more
LeapYear mafia16
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Arya MarwahaFounded ContrarioAditya SoodFounded ContrarioMatthew BlackburnFounded AuctorGautham RamachandranFounded BidflowZarif AzherFounded Nexa LabsKenneth ChanFounded Nexa Labs
+ 9 more
Same school
Also attended Caltech275
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VCSusannah BarbeeVice President, Translational Immunology at Deerfield Management Company
+ 269 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended LeapYear15
Arya MarwahaFounder & CEO at ContrarioAditya SoodFounder at ContrarioMatthew BlackburnCo-Founder & CTO at AuctorGautham RamachandranFounder at BidflowZarif AzherFounder at Nexa LabsKenneth ChanFounder at Nexa Labs
+ 9 more
Also attended Sunset High School5
Shared employers
Also worked at Mentlio1
Also worked at Anthropic132
Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalByron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicDaniela AmodeiCo-founder & President of Anthropic
+ 126 more
Also worked at Purdue University92
Mohammed AlmeshekahFounder & General Partner at Outliers VCGaurav SantAdvisor, Director, UCLA Institute for Carbon Management at Overture ClimateDr. Mung ChiangPresident Northwestern University at NEW VISTA CAPITALCarla BrodleyInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesAlibek DostiyarovInvestor at FEBE VenturesRouz JazayeriCo-founder at Catapult Ventures
+ 86 more