About
Nand Vinchhi is co-founder and CTO of Axal. He previously worked as an engineer at Airchat and conducted research at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Founder at AxalYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Nand went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Axal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Nand can intro founders to Axal's investors below.
Axal's investors · 4
Co-founders at Axal
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Samai PatelFounder
Experience
- AxalCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- UptycsEngineer2024Waltham, MA
- Amazon LeoEngineer2023 — 2024College Park, Maryland, United States
- AirchatEngineer2023Los Angeles, CA
- MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund ProgramParticipant2021 — 2023
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyResearcher2021Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Skills & more
Rust (Programming Language)1OCaml1Go (Programming Language)1C (Programming Language)React NativeMobile Application DevelopmentCesiumJavaPython (Programming Language)4TypeScriptiOS Development1Swift (Programming Language)
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React.jsNext.jsAmazon Web Services (AWS)SQLSupabasegRPCFastAPIMachine LearningJavaScriptNode.jsJulia (Programming Language)GitLanguages English · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nand Vinchhi?
- Nand Vinchhi is co-founder and CTO of Axal. He previously worked as an engineer at Airchat and conducted research at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
- Where does Nand Vinchhi work?
- Nand Vinchhi is Founder of Axal.
- What companies did Nand Vinchhi found?
- Nand Vinchhi founded Axal.
- Where did Nand Vinchhi go to school?
- Nand Vinchhi studied at Y Combinator (W25); University of Maryland (Computer Science).
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University of Maryland mafia68
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Shared employers
Also worked at Axal1
Also worked at Uptycs7
Jai DasPartner, President at Sapphire VenturesMatt CarbonaraInvestor at Mayfield FundGil BeydaFounder at Genacast VenturesFrances SchwiepPartner at Two Sigma VenturesAlberto YépezCo-Founder and Managing Director at ForgePoint CapitalDavid ZilbermanGeneral Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
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