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Ishaan Gangwani

Founder

Founder at Synthetic Sciences

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedSynthetic Sciences · YC

About

Ishaan Gangwani competed in the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence and achieved top competitive programming rankings. He previously participated in fellowship programs including Z-Fellows and Emergent Ventures.

Founder at Synthetic SciencesYC W26

Intro paths

YC

Ishaan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Synthetic Sciences's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ishaan can intro founders to Synthetic Sciences's investors below.

Synthetic Sciences's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Synthetic Sciences

ABAayam Bansal
Aayam BansalFounder

Experience

  1. Synthetic Sciences (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — present
  2. MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Research | Kellis Lab2025
  3. RevisionDojo (YC F24)Research | LLM Benchmarking2025
  4. International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI)Member | Indian National Team (2025)2025
  5. Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch | Foundation Models for Time Series Data2025
  6. University of CambridgeResearch | Network Science2024
  7. BengawalkResearch Intern | Quantitative Policymaking2024

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ishaan Gangwani?
Ishaan Gangwani competed in the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence and achieved top competitive programming rankings. He previously participated in fellowship programs including Z-Fellows and Emergent Ventures.
Where does Ishaan Gangwani work?
Ishaan Gangwani is Founder of Synthetic Sciences.
What companies did Ishaan Gangwani found?
Ishaan Gangwani founded Synthetic Sciences.
Where did Ishaan Gangwani go to school?
Ishaan Gangwani studied at Y Combinator (Winter 2026); Z Fellows; Indus International School Pune (International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme).

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