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Debanjum Singh Solanky

Founder

Founder at Khoj

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKhoj Β· YC

About

Debanjum Singh Solanky previously worked on personal AI features at Cortana/Viva Insights at Microsoft, where he contributed to scaling the product to millions of daily active users. He has over a decade of experience developing and maintaining open-source tools and communities.

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Debanjum @debanjum

If an AI system can scheme at an expert level, understanding its internal objective isn’t just useful β€”it’s existential. https://t.co/MkEjMYogyi

"When strongly nudged to achieve a goal that is misaligned from its developers, o1 sometimes attempts to disable what it believes to be its own oversight mechanism"

Dec 5, 2024 Β· β™₯ 4 Β· ⇄ 1

Debanjum @debanjum

Our secret business model for the AI age: First we booted up @khoj_ai, our business associate. Then we booted up our actual business. https://t.co/iRUtHuHGiD

Apr 28, 2024 Β· β™₯ 3 Β· ⇄ 1

Debanjum @debanjum

Testing sequence completed. All ground stations prepare for lift-off

Aug 26, 2016

Founder at KhojYC S23

Intro paths

YC

Debanjum went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Debanjum can intro founders to Khoj's investors below.

Khoj's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Khoj

SISaba Imran
Saba ImranFounder

Experience

  1. KhojFoundercurrent2023 β€” present
  2. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2017 β€” 2022Greater Seattle Area
  3. DataladResearch Programmer2016 β€” 2017Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
  4. HillhacksFounding Team2014 β€” 2015Dharamshala, India
  5. CSIR-CEERIResearch Intern2013 β€” 2014Chennai Area, India
  6. Engineers Without BordersFounder, BITS Pilani Goa Chapter2011 β€” 2013Goa, India

Education

  1. Dartmouth CollegeMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science2015 β€” 2017
  2. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Mathematics2009 β€” 2014
  3. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering2009 β€” 2014

Skills & more

Machine Learning3Computer Networking1Wireless Sensor NetworksWearable ComputingRobotics1Machine Vision1Social Entrepreneurship2EmacsGNU RadioOpenCVProgramming2TypeScript
+12 moreLispSoftware DevelopmentMicroservicesComputer VisionBig Data AnalyticsAlgorithmsComputer ScienceUnixPythonGitJavaScriptNode.js

From Debanjum's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Dartmouth College338

Tomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesScott SandellExecutive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEAJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesBen RobbinsInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Mounisha AnumoluInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ren RileyAdvisor at Oak Investment Partners

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Also attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani89

SomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesSanjot MalhiPartner at NorthzoneRishabh KaulVenture Partner at Hoxton VenturesSanjeev KumarVenture Partner at FusionYash SankrityayanManaging Partner, Southeast Asia at Jungle VenturesSiddharth DhankharPrincipal at Lightbox

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Shared employers

Also worked at Khoj1

Saba ImranFounder at Khoj

Also worked at Microsoft737

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General Catalyst

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