About
Lakshya Gupta is a founding engineer who previously worked at Emergent (YC S24), where he led integrations, evaluations, and deployments. He holds a degree in Computer Science from IIT Bombay and is now building AI agents at Lab0.
Founder at Lab0YC X26
Intro paths
YC
Lakshya went through Y Combinator (Spring 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 Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Lab0's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Lakshya can intro founders to Lab0's investors below.
Lab0's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Lab0
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Onkar BoradeFounder
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Sujay SrivastavaFounder
Experience
- Lab0 (YC P26)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2026 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Emergent LabsFounding Engineer2025 β 2026Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- CohesityMember of Technical Staff2024 β 2025Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- CohesityEngineering Intern2023Pune District, Maharashtra, India
- Rephrase.ai (Acquired by Adobe)Software Intern2023
- Franklin TempletonData Science Intern2022Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Tamasha.liveEngineering Intern2021 β 2022
Skills & more
Pandas (Software)3Python (Programming Language)1C++1JavaScript1Django1Git1GitHub1Node.js1PyTorch1Bash2REST APIs1React.js1
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10x ProgrammingNatural Language Processing (NLP)Machine LearningExpress.jsSocket.ioBack-End Web DevelopmentDeep LearningComputer VisionTypeScriptLanguages English Β· German Β· Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lakshya Gupta?
- Lakshya Gupta is a founding engineer who previously worked at Emergent (YC S24), where he led integrations, evaluations, and deployments. He holds a degree in Computer Science from IIT Bombay and is now building AI agents at Lab0.
- Where does Lakshya Gupta work?
- Lakshya Gupta is Founder of Lab0.
- What companies did Lakshya Gupta found?
- Lakshya Gupta founded Lab0.
- Where did Lakshya Gupta go to school?
- Lakshya Gupta studied at Y Combinator (P26); Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science); Delhi Public School Noida.
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Emergent mafia5
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Cohesity mafia4
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay163
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Shared employers
Also worked at Lab0 (YC P26)2
Also worked at Emergent Labs11
Alex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform ManagementManav GargCo-founder & Managing Partner at Together FundShubham GuptaFounding General Partner at Together FundShinjini PalitAssociate at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpHemant MohapatraPartner at Lightspeed India PartnersKamran AlamFounder at Jeevam Health
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Also worked at Cohesity26
Sangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Karan MehandruManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupJai DasPartner, President at Sapphire VenturesAshu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalQuinn LiSenior Vice President & Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures at Qualcomm VenturesSpencer FoustManaging Director at Sozo Ventures
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Also worked at Franklin Templeton38
Geoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesJohn HornbostelCounsel at Medical Excellence CapitalCara Brennan AllamanoAdvisor, People Tech & HR at Verissimo VenturesDaniel ChenPartner at Highland Creek PartnersMichael SidgmoreInvestor at Broadhaven Capital PartnersKaren KingManaging Director & Chief Operating Officer at Silver Lake Partners
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