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About
Madhav Lavakare studied computer science at Yale, where his senior thesis addressed speech extraction from noisy multi-speaker environments. He previously conducted audio AI research at MIT Media Lab as part of a team that collaborated on a live musical performance integrating human and AI components.
Founder at AirCapsYC F25
Intro paths
Madhav went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran AirCaps's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Experience
- AirCaps (YC F25)Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- MIT Media LabVisiting Student Researcher2024Cambridge, MA
- Yale UniversityProgrammer, Levy Decision Neuroscience Lab2023 — 2024New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Soft Robotics Laboratory, ETH ZurichVisiting Student Researcher2023Zurich, Switzerland
- Yale School of Engineering & Applied ScienceIndependent Researcher2022 — 2023
- Government of IndiaIndian Presidential/Prime Minister's Gold Medal2018 — 2019India
- National Innovation Foundation - IndiaNational Innovation Award2018India
- AshokaAshoka Youth Venturer2018
- nasscomInvited Speaker2018Bengaluru Area, India
- Indian Institute of Technology, DelhiGuest Speaker2018India
- AmdocsKeynote Guest Speaker2018India
- EduTech AcademyCourse Mentor2017 — 2018New Delhi Area, India
- Project BetaHead of Audio Engineering2016 — 2018New Delhi Area, India
- SmartVizX - We are VR®Intern2017Noida Area, India
- CompLit For AllFounder2011 — 2017New Delhi Area, India
Skills & more
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Hardware DevelopmentElectronicsCommunicationDigital MediaRoboticsProduct DevelopmentLanguages English · French · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Madhav Lavakare?
- Madhav Lavakare studied computer science at Yale, where his senior thesis addressed speech extraction from noisy multi-speaker environments. He previously conducted audio AI research at MIT Media Lab as part of a team that collaborated on a live musical performance integrating human and AI components.
- Where does Madhav Lavakare work?
- Madhav Lavakare is Founder of AirCaps.
- What companies did Madhav Lavakare found?
- Madhav Lavakare founded AirCaps.
- Where did Madhav Lavakare go to school?
- Madhav Lavakare studied at Yale University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Sanskriti School.
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Also worked at AirCaps (YC F25)3
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