Where does Avinash Joshi work?

Avinash Joshi is Co-founder & CTO of Cactus.

Where did Avinash Joshi go to school?

Avinash Joshi studied at Y Combinator (X25); The University of Texas at Dallas (Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science); Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology).

Avinash Joshi

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Co-founder & CTO at Cactus

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedCactus · YC

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About

Avinash Joshi is a full-stack developer with experience shipping products across multiple programming languages and frameworks, including Rails, Python, Django, React, and Angular.

Co-founder & CTO at Cactus YC X25

Intro paths

Avinash went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Cactus's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Cactus's investors · 35

Access Venture PartnersWestminster · $500K – $4M checks · since 2018 Acquisition.com Batch Ventures Blast.Club$5.5M checks Blume VenturesMumbai · $50K – $300K checks Calm VenturesSan Francisco Founder CapitalSilicon Valley · $25K – $100K checks Fractal GaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checks Goodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checks InvestorX James Beshara FundVenice Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks Lynett Capital PartnersJupiter Maiora Rebel Ventures MarketplaceSan Francisco · $100K – $250K checks Nivesha Ventures OUTBOUND CAPITALSaratoga Springs Pelion Venture PartnersSalt Lake City · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025 Peterson Venture PartnersSalt Lake City · $5M – $25M checks PioneerToronto, Ontario Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025 RTP GlobalNew York · $1M – $15M checks Schema CapitalParis Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checks Slack FundSan Francisco Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 LlpBangalore Taurus VenturesBangkok Team IgniteFolsom · $15M checks TechU VenturesCedarhurst Unpopular VenturesMiami · $100K – $500K checks Ventioneers CapitalOakville WefunderSan Francisco Wellington ManagementBoston · $5M – $50M checks · since 2025 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Cactus

Ajith GovindCo-Founder & CEO

Experience

CactusCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
On DeckFellow at ODF 222024
Turing Labs Inc.Lead Software Engineer2021 — 2024
2M Companies LLCSenior Software Engineer2013 — 2021Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
EricssonServices Software Engineer2013Plano, TX
EricssonEngineering Intern2013Plano
Amrita Cyber SecurityResearch Assistant2010 — 2011Amritapuri, Kerala
Sun MicrosystemsCampus Ambassador2008 — 2010

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship9Team Management8Artificial Intelligence (AI)6Machine Learning3Ruby on Rails3Computer Science2Full-Stack Development3Open Source59Linux46C41Python32Java29

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Who is Avinash Joshi?: Avinash Joshi is a full-stack developer with experience shipping products across multiple programming languages and frameworks, including Rails, Python, Django, React, and Angular.
Where does Avinash Joshi work?: Avinash Joshi is Co-founder & CTO of Cactus.
What companies did Avinash Joshi found?: Avinash Joshi founded Cactus.
Where did Avinash Joshi go to school?: Avinash Joshi studied at Y Combinator (X25); The University of Texas at Dallas (Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science); Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology).