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).

Ishaan Gangwani

Founder

Founder at Synthetic Sciences

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedSynthetic Sciences · YC

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194 people in our graph share verified history with Ishaan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Cindy PadnosunlockedIshaan: together at Carnegie Mellon University (2025)

×6Ishaan: together at Carnegie Mellon University

×3Ishaan: together at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)

Ishaan: together at Indus International School Pune

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 Sciences YC W26

Intro paths

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

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

Aayam BansalFounder

Experience

Synthetic Sciences (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — present
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Research | Kellis Lab2025
RevisionDojo (YC F24)Research | LLM Benchmarking2025
International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI)Member | Indian National Team (2025)2025
Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch | Foundation Models for Time Series Data2025
University of CambridgeResearch | Network Science2024
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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Also attended Indus International School Pune1

Aaryaman SingheeInvestor at Lightbox

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Shared employers

Also worked at Synthetic Sciences (YC W26)1

Aayam BansalFounder at Synthetic Sciences

Also worked at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)80

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Gleb ChuvpiloManaging Partner at Thundermark Capital Puneeth MeruvaPartner at Trucks VC Millie Liu LiuFounding Partner at First Star Ventures Annan ZhangInvestor at E14 Fund Michael WangInvestor at E14 Fund

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Bowen LiuFounder at General Learning Janet LiuFounder at General Learning Michael TongFounder at General Learning Arman KumaraswamyFounder at The Context Company Aryan SawhneyFounder at Narrative

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Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis Ventures Diana HuGeneral Partner at Y Combinator Cindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures Maryanna SaenkoCo-founder at Future Ventures Salvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures Llc

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About

Founder at Synthetic SciencesYC W26

Intro paths

Synthetic Sciences's investors · 1

Co-founders at Synthetic Sciences

Experience

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Carnegie Mellon University mafia481

Z-Fellows mafia45

VIBGYOR Group of Schools mafia2

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Also attended Z Fellows48

Also attended Indus International School Pune1

Also attended VIBGYOR Group of Schools1

Shared employers

Also worked at Synthetic Sciences (YC W26)1

Also worked at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)80

Also worked at RevisionDojo (YC F24)5

Also worked at Carnegie Mellon University268

Founder at Synthetic Sciences YC W26