About
Jalaj Shukla is co-founder and CTO of Intelligence Factory. He previously held roles as an MTS in manipulation and controls at Dimensional, senior robotics engineer at Blue Sky Robotics, computer vision engineer at Applied Materials, and R&D software engineer at Ansys. He holds an MS in Robotics & Mechatronics from UPenn, where he conducted research at the GRASP Lab on multimodal manipulation policies, and earlier worked as a research fellow at DRDO under India's Ministry of Defence.
Founder at Intelligence FactoryYC X26
Intro paths
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Jalaj went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Intelligence Factory's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Co-founders at Intelligence Factory
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Yash SinhaFounder
Experience
- Intelligence FactoryCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DimensionalMember of Technical Staff - Robotics Manipulation and Controls2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- Blue Sky RoboticsSenior Robotics Software Engineer - Manipulation2025North Carolina, United States
- University of PennsylvaniaResearch Assistant - Figueroa Lab, GRASP Lab2025Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- AnsysResearch and Development Software Engineer2024United States
- Applied MaterialsComputer Vision Research Engineer2024Santa Clara, California, United States
- University of PennsylvaniaResearch Assistant - GRASP Lab2023 — 2024Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of IndiaResearch Fellow2021 — 2023Pune District, Maharashtra, India
- Swabhoomi-Vayu Pvt. Ltd.Co-founder and Demand-based Consultant2020 — 2023Pune
- AERO2ASTROPropulsion Engineer (HOD- injectors/ igniters/ combustion chamber)2020 — 2021Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- AERO2ASTROPropulsion Engineer2020Pune District, Maharashtra, India
- DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of IndiaBE Project Intern2019 — 2020Pune District, Maharashtra, India
- IdeaFlareFounder2018 — 2019Pune
- Indian RailwaysIntern2019Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Talent BattleCampus Ambassador2018Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area
Skills & more
Controls1Deep LearningRobotResearch Skills3Kalman filtering3Automation2Computer VisionRoboticsStress Analysis1Aviation2NastranAnsys Mechanical1
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Project PlanningAnsys FluentProduct DesignMarketingSocial MediaDigital MarketingProduct InnovationTime ManagementCommunicationLateral ThinkingTeam ManagementManagementLanguages English · Gujarati · Hindi · Marathi
- Refresher 101 — CITI Program
- CITI Good Clinical Practice Course — CITI Program
- Biomedical Research — CITI Program
- QCad — Spoken Tutorial, EduPyramids, SINE, IIT Bombay
- Scilab training — Spoken Tutorial, EduPyramids, SINE, IIT Bombay
- Basics Finite Element Analysis — Tata Technologies
- MATLAB Onramp — MathWorks
- SOLIDWORKS — Indo-German Tool Room
- Student Member — ISHRAE
- Using Python for Research — HarvardX - An Online Learning Initiative by Harvard University through edX
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jalaj Shukla?
- Jalaj Shukla is co-founder and CTO of Intelligence Factory. He previously held roles as an MTS in manipulation and controls at Dimensional, senior robotics engineer at Blue Sky Robotics, computer vision engineer at Applied Materials, and R&D software engineer at Ansys. He holds an MS in Robotics & Mechatronics from UPenn, where he conducted research at the GRASP Lab on multimodal manipulation policies, and earlier worked as a research fellow at DRDO under India's Ministry of Defence.
- Where does Jalaj Shukla work?
- Jalaj Shukla is Founder of Intelligence Factory.
- What companies did Jalaj Shukla found?
- Jalaj Shukla founded Intelligence Factory.
- Where did Jalaj Shukla go to school?
- Jalaj Shukla studied at Y Combinator (Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); University of Pennsylvania (Master's degree, Robotics); Savitribai Phule Pune University (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering).
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