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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In turn, Mike can intro founders to Avina's investors below.
Avina's investors · 4
Co-founders at Avina
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Vivek SudarsanCEO & Co-Founder
Experience
- AvinaCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- PavilionMembercurrent2026 — present
- VariousAngel Investorcurrent2019 — present
- MINDBODY, Inc.Engineering Lead2019 — 2021New York, New York
- Bowtie.aiCo-founder & CTO (acquired)2016 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- LinkedInSWE Internship2015
Skills & more
Clutch3Java18JavaScript16Python14Software Development9User Interface6Algorithms7Machine Learning6GUI4Software Engineering5Computer Science7Hardware2
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TroubleshootingCC++C#HTMLCSSMVCAJAXjQueryPHPiOSProject ManagementLanguages Chinese · Russian
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — Coursera
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Coursera
- Wilderness First Aid
From Mike's professional profile.
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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Cornell University mafia218
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Shared employers
Also worked at Avina2
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