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Mike Wang

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Founder at Avina

Brooklyn, New York, United States

FoundedAvina · YC

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About

Mike Wang is CTO and co-founder of Avina. He previously served as CTO and co-founder of Bowtie, an AI receptionist company that was acquired by Mindbody.

Founder at AvinaYC S22

Intro paths

YC

Mike went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Avina's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Avina's investors · 4

Newark Venture PartnersNewark · $100K – $2M checksNVP CapitalNew York · $2M checks · since 2025RRE VenturesNew York · $5M – $15M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Avina

VSVivek Sudarsan
Vivek SudarsanCEO & Co-Founder

Experience

  1. AvinaCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. PavilionMembercurrent2026 — present
  3. VariousAngel Investorcurrent2019 — present
  4. MINDBODY, Inc.Engineering Lead2019 — 2021New York, New York
  5. Bowtie.aiCo-founder & CTO (acquired)2016 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
  6. LinkedInSWE Internship2015

Skills & more

Clutch3Java18JavaScript16Python14Software Development9User Interface6Algorithms7Machine Learning6GUI4Software Engineering5Computer Science7Hardware2
+12 moreTroubleshootingCC++C#HTMLCSSMVCAJAXjQueryPHPiOSProject Management

Languages Chinese · Russian

  • Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — Coursera
  • Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Coursera
  • Wilderness First Aid

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Mike Wang?
Mike Wang is CTO and co-founder of Avina. He previously served as CTO and co-founder of Bowtie, an AI receptionist company that was acquired by Mindbody.
Where does Mike Wang work?
Mike Wang is Founder of Avina.
What companies did Mike Wang found?
Mike Wang founded Avina.
Where did Mike Wang go to school?
Mike Wang studied at Cornell University (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator; Cornell Tech (Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science).

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