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Nand Vinchhi

Founder

Founder at Axal

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedAxal · YC

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Noubar AfeyanunlockedNand: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2021)
×11Nand: together at Y Combinator

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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Axal's investors · 4

100Km Ventures LlcArlington468 CapitalBerlinOlive Tree CapitalBostonY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Axal

SPSamai Patel
Samai PatelFounder

Experience

  1. AxalCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. UptycsEngineer2024Waltham, MA
  3. Amazon LeoEngineer2023 — 2024College Park, Maryland, United States
  4. AirchatEngineer2023Los Angeles, CA
  5. MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund ProgramParticipant2021 — 2023
  6. 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)
+12 moreReact.jsNext.jsAmazon Web Services (AWS)SQLSupabasegRPCFastAPIMachine LearningJavaScriptNode.jsJulia (Programming Language)Git

Languages 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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Samai PatelFounder at axal