Find your path to Ashwin
381 people in our graph share verified history with Ashwin — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Alex TranunlockedAshwin: together at Instacart (2021–2023)
×2Ashwin: together at University of Waterloo
×4Ashwin: together at Instacart
×4Ashwin: together at NVIDIA
About
Ashwin Venkatesh Raman held engineering roles at Instacart, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Alexa, and Nvidia, and studied at the University of Waterloo; he is now founder and CTO of Spine AI.
Founder at Spine AIYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Ashwin went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Spine AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ashwin can intro founders to Spine AI's investors below.
Spine AI's investors · 2
Co-founders at Spine AI
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Akshay BudhkarFounder
Experience
- Spine AICo-founder and CTOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- InstacartSenior Software Engineer2021 — 2023Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer II, AWS Aurora2019 — 2021Toronto, Canada Area
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer II, Alexa Speech2019Toronto, Canada Area
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer I, Alexa Speech2017 — 2019Toronto, Canada Area
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer, AWS Snowmobile2016Vancouver, Canada Area
- NVIDIASystems Software Engineer, Tegra2015Santa Clara, California
- University of WaterlooUndergraduate Research Assistant, CyberSecurity and Privacy Institute2015
- SkyWave Mobile CommunicationsEmbedded Systems and Networks Engineer2015
- University of WaterlooUndergraduate Research Assistant, Real-time Embedded Systems Lab2014University of Waterloo
- Blue Coat SystemsSoftware Development Engineer - Security2014Waterloo, Canada
- Harris CorporationApplication Developer2013Kitchener, Canada Area
- Harris CorporationApplication Developer2012 — 2013Kitchener, Canada Area
Skills & more
Java14Python18C++1Embedded Systems3AndroidLinuxAlexaProgramming18Machine LearningObject Oriented Design1Control Systems Design1Agile
Languages English · Hindi · Tamil
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ashwin Venkatesh Raman?
- Ashwin Venkatesh Raman held engineering roles at Instacart, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Alexa, and Nvidia, and studied at the University of Waterloo; he is now founder and CTO of Spine AI.
- Where does Ashwin Venkatesh Raman work?
- Ashwin Venkatesh Raman is Founder of Spine AI.
- What companies did Ashwin Venkatesh Raman found?
- Ashwin Venkatesh Raman founded Spine AI.
- Where did Ashwin Venkatesh Raman go to school?
- Ashwin Venkatesh Raman studied at Y Combinator; University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Honors, with Distinction); Nanyang Technological University Singapore (Global Exchange Program, Computer Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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University of Waterloo mafia346
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Chamath PalihapitiyaB.A.Sc.Founded 8090Apoorva MehtaBAScFounded InstacartJon LernerBachelor of Applied ScienceFounded Textnow +2Michael LittBASc. Honours Systems Design EngineeringFounded Garage Capital +1Mike McCauleyBAScFounded Garage Capital +1Zach WaterfieldComputer EngineeringFounded Zettlor +1
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NVIDIA mafia136
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jonathan RossChief Software ArchitectFounded GroqAlán Aspuru-GuzikSenior Director of Quantum ChemistryFounded Intrepid Labs +1Saurabh SrivastavaNemotron, Advanced Deep Learning ResearchFounded Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds +1Lee LiuWeb Software EngineerFounded Mezmo +1Musawir ShahSr. Software Engineer - TegraFounded Jerry +1Alex SismanisAndroid Developer InternFounded L1 Advisors +1
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Nanyang Technological University Singapore mafia92
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Lip-Bu TanBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Walden Catalyst +2Mike MoradiExecutive EducationFounded Southwest Nanotechnologies +1ZJ LinBachelor of EngineeringFounded Landeed +1Walter PintorMaster's DegreeFounded Syncware +1Stefan Seltz-AxmacherBusinessFounded Polymath Robotics +1Toni RosinolVisiting StudentFounded Stack AI +1
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Instacart mafia39
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Montana LowSenior Machine Learning EngineerFounded Tomo +3Quentin RousseauSenior Reliability EngineerFounded Rootly +2Jesse RobbinsStrategic AdvisorFounded Chef +1Kaitlyn KnoppHead of Global CompensationFounded Pequity +1Aamir PoonawallaTechnical LeadFounded Orchestra +1Jake SeipSenior Product Manager, New VerticalsFounded Aero +1
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Same school
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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
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Also attended University of Waterloo646
Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalApoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsAchintya ChaudhariInvestor at LightbankKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
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Angela ToyPartner & COO at Golden Gate VenturesKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalA.J. AldanaHead of Ecosystem at Scale Venture PartnersShaun WeeAVP at Kaizen Private EquityMike MoradiGeneral Partner at Cortado VenturesGenping LiuGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Instacart69
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsAlex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystJesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer ToolsNeil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCVLily SarafanInvestor at Streamlined VenturesIhar MahaniokFounder & General Partner at Geek Ventures
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Also worked at Amazon1,104
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
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Also worked at NVIDIA194
Jonathan RossFounder of Groq; inventor of Google's TPU — now at NvidiaDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorIan ShannonFinance/Legal/IR at 8VCRay SchuderSr. Investment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundSandy YuanAdvisor, AV & Robotics at Verissimo VenturesAbhi DinkarAdvisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment Ventures
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Also worked at University of Waterloo135
Rohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalKartik TalwarGeneral Partner at A.Capital VenturesWael NafeeGeneral Partner at RAED VenturesLeah MorrisExecutive Director, Encode: AI for Science at Pillar VCInshaal QadirAnalyst at Panache VenturesDominic BartonPartner at Radical Ventures
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