About
Mehul Shah spent eight years developing software for a PCB manufacturing business and is now co-founder and CEO of GroundControl.
CEO & Co-Founder at GroundControlYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Mehul went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran GroundControl's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Mehul can intro founders to GroundControl's investors below.
GroundControl's investors · 1
Co-founders at GroundControl
MN
Matthew NoseworthyCTO & Co-Founder
NW
Nick WarrenCOO & Co-Founder
Experience
- GroundControlCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Summit InterconnectPM - Emerging Technology2023
- Summit InterconnectSoftware2022 — 2023
- Royal Circuit SolutionsHead of Software Engineering2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- OathSoftware Development Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Amazon Lab126Hardware Development Engineer Intern2016Sunnyvale, CA
- Amazon Lab126Hardware Development Engineer Intern2015Cupertino, CA
- MagCanicaElectrical Engineering Intern2015San Diego, CA
- MicrosoftAudio/Acoustics Engineering Intern2014
Skills & more
Languages Gujarati · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mehul Shah?
- Mehul Shah spent eight years developing software for a PCB manufacturing business and is now co-founder and CEO of GroundControl.
- Where does Mehul Shah work?
- Mehul Shah is CEO & Co-Founder of GroundControl.
- What companies did Mehul Shah found?
- Mehul Shah founded GroundControl.
- Where did Mehul Shah go to school?
- Mehul Shah studied at Y Combinator (YC X25); UC San Diego (Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering); UC San Diego (Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering).
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