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Ayan Bandyopadhyay

Founder

Founder at Finic · Founder at RTCanary

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedFinic · YCRTCanary · YC

About

Ayan Bandyopadhyay is a Caltech graduate (2020) and former software engineer at Robinhood who founded Finic, a company that participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch.

Founder at FinicYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Ayan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Ayan can intro founders to Finic's investors below.

Finic's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Finic

JFJason Fan
Jason FanFounder

Founder at RTCanaryYC S20

Intro paths

YC

Ayan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Ayan can intro founders to RTCanary's investors below.

RTCanary's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at RTCanary

DADavid Albers
David AlbersFounder
MRMichael Rupprecht
Michael RupprechtFounder
KSKapil Sinha
Kapil SinhaFounder
BJBradley Justice
Bradley JusticeFounder

Experience

  1. Finic (YC W23)Co-Foundercurrent2022 — present
  2. CoinTrackerSoftware Engineer2022
  3. RobinhoodSoftware Engineer2021 — 2022Menlo Park, California, United States
  4. RTCanaryCo-Founder2020
  5. Niantic, Inc.Software Engineering Intern2019San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Activision BlizzardSoftware Engineering Intern2018Foster City
  7. Stanford University School of MedicineSURF fellow at the Stanford Cognitive & Systems Neuroscience Lab2017

Skills & more

Public Speaking3Leadership2Python4Java3JavaScript4Research3Computer Science3Testing1Machine LearningC++2R1HTML1
+7 moreMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelSwift (Programming Language)ARKitStripe (Software)FirebasePython (Programming Language)

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ayan Bandyopadhyay?
Ayan Bandyopadhyay is a Caltech graduate (2020) and former software engineer at Robinhood who founded Finic, a company that participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch.
Where does Ayan Bandyopadhyay work?
Ayan Bandyopadhyay is Founder of Finic and Founder at RTCanary.
What companies did Ayan Bandyopadhyay found?
Ayan Bandyopadhyay founded Finic, RTCanary.
Where did Ayan Bandyopadhyay go to school?
Ayan Bandyopadhyay studied at Caltech (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science); Bellarmine College Preparatory.

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Shared employers

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Also worked at Robinhood74

Vlad TenevCo-founder & CEO of RobinhoodJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesSangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Arpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalNick ZurickTalent Lead at Pantera CapitalAustin HayInvestor at Khosla Ventures

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Also worked at RTCanary3

David AlbersFounder at RTCanaryMichael RupprechtFounder at RTCanaryKapil SinhaFounder at RTCanary

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