About
Dev Mandal is a co-founder and CEO at Markov with prior experience at Sarvam and an aerospace engineering background from IIT Madras.
Founder at MarkovYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Dev went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Harshita Arora, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Markov's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Dev can intro founders to Markov's investors below.
Markov's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at Markov
HA
Harish AshokFounder
Experience
- MarkovCo-Foundercurrent2025 β present
- DevRevAI Intern2024 β 2025Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Sarvam AIAI Engineer2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- TelekinesisAI & Robotics Intern2023 β 2024Darmstadt, Germany
Skills & more
yapping
From Dev's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dev Mandal?
- Dev Mandal is a co-founder and CEO at Markov with prior experience at Sarvam and an aerospace engineering background from IIT Madras.
- Where does Dev Mandal work?
- Dev Mandal is Founder of Markov.
- What companies did Dev Mandal found?
- Dev Mandal founded Markov.
- Where did Dev Mandal go to school?
- Dev Mandal studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Bachelor's degree, Aerospace Engineering).
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Markov1
Also worked at DevRev9
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