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Nand Vinchhi

Founder

Founder at axal

San Francisco, California, United States

Foundedaxal · YC

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.

LinkedIn ↗

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, General Partner at Y Combinator — 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

100Km Ventures Llc468 CapitalOlive Tree CapitalY Combinator

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

Education

  1. Y CombinatorW252025
  2. University of MarylandComputer Science

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

From Nand's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,466

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,460 more

Also attended University of Maryland166

Katrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalDaniel DemmerInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDan RochkindCFO at Lerer HippeauAaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorSamir KaulInvestor at Khosla VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 160 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Uptycs8

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 CapitalMatt CarbonaraManaging Director at Citi Ventures

+ 2 more

Also worked at MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program12

Jon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorDr. Catherine HavasiAdvisor at AI CapitalLily LymanPartner at Underscore VCJackie ShobackC-Suite executive & operator at 1414 VenturesGabi ZijderveldCo-Founder and Operating Partner at Blue Tulip VenturesTim PeacockInvestor at Blue Tulip Ventures

+ 6 more

Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology325

Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringVyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesRhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way Ventures

+ 319 more