Dhenenjay Yadav
FounderFounder at AxionOrbital Space
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedAxionOrbital Space Β· YC
About
Dhenenjay Yadav is co-founder and CEO of AxionOrbital Space, which develops foundation models for Earth observation. He previously worked at ISRO and studied at IIMA, with background in computer vision and prior experience building unmanned aerial vehicles.
Founder at AxionOrbital SpaceYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Dhenenjay went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran AxionOrbital Space's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Dhenenjay can intro founders to AxionOrbital Space's investors below.
AxionOrbital Space's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at AxionOrbital Space
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Atharva PeshkarFounder
Experience
- AxionOrbital Space (YC W26)Co-founder & CEOcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Character CapitalCharacter Labs G42025San Francisco Bay Area
- IIMA VenturesIIMAvericks Fellow2025Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- QuantumBlack, AI by McKinseyAssociate2025N/A
- igniteXL VenturesVC Analyst Extern2024Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Accenture Strategy & ConsultingManagement Consulting2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- InertiaLogicFounder2022 β 2024New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Indian Institute of Technology, BombayProject Intern2022 β 2023Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- National Remote Sensing Centre, ISROMachine Learning Engineer2022 β 2023
- Technex, IIT (BHU) VaranasiData Science Intern2022Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- ICAR- Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchProject Intern2022
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), PuneStudent2022
- Indian Institute of Technology, RoorkeeStudent2022
- Strategify ConsultingFounder2019 β 2022New Delhi
- National Service SchemeVolunteer2019 β 2022Hisar, Haryana, India
- Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurStudent2022New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Servon Solution LLPIntern2022New Delhi
- Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiStudent2022New Delhi, Delhi, India
- PUBG MOBILE EsportsProfessional Esports2019New Delhi, Delhi, India
Skills & more
Design SprintsSAP ERPMicrosoft PowerPointPandas (Software)Microsoft ExcelR (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)Machine Learning4Image Processing4Digital Image Processing2Reinforcement Learning1Supervised Learning1
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Unsupervised LearningEngineeringCloud ComputingPrecision AgricultureRemote SensingComputer ScienceDesignR&D FundingSpace SystemsGeospatial IntelligenceVenture CapitalDeal SourcingLanguages English Β· German Β· Hindi Β· Odia
- Mathematics for Management β Harvard Business School
- Financial Accounting β Harvard Business School
- Spreadsheet Modeling β Harvard Business School
- Quantitative Methods β Harvard Business School
- Decision-Making and Scenarios β Wharton Online
- Modeling Risk and Realities β Wharton Online
- E-Summit'23 Participation β E-Cell, IIT Bombay
- Introduction to Spreadsheets and Models β Wharton Online
- Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling β Wharton Online
- Platinum-ca-program-2022 β E-Cell, IIT Bombay
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dhenenjay Yadav?
- Dhenenjay Yadav is co-founder and CEO of AxionOrbital Space, which develops foundation models for Earth observation. He previously worked at ISRO and studied at IIMA, with background in computer vision and prior experience building unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Where does Dhenenjay Yadav work?
- Dhenenjay Yadav is Founder of AxionOrbital Space.
- What companies did Dhenenjay Yadav found?
- Dhenenjay Yadav founded AxionOrbital Space.
- Where did Dhenenjay Yadav go to school?
- Dhenenjay Yadav studied at Y Combinator (W26 Batch, Foundation Models for 24/7 Earth Observation); Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (Master of Business Administration - MBA); CCSHAU.
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