About
Nikhil Shankar is co-founder and chief engineer at Silurian AI. He previously worked as a software engineer at AWS SageMaker and left a PhD program in applied mathematics focused on fluid dynamics.
Founder at SilurianYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Nikhil went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Nikhil can intro founders to Silurian's investors below.
Silurian's investors · 1
Co-founders at Silurian
JK
Jayesh K. GuptaFounder
CB
Cristian BodnarFounder
Experience
- Silurian AIChief Engineercurrent2024 — present
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineer2022 — 2024
- Duke UniversityDoctoral Student2020 — 2021Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Michigan Tech Research InstituteComputer Assisted Flight-Planning Intern2020Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Michigan State UniversityData Science in Molecular Physics Intern2018Lansing, Michigan, United States
Skills & more
Python (Programming Language)JuliaC++MATLABProgrammingMathematicsNumerical Simulation
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nikhil Shankar?
- Nikhil Shankar is co-founder and chief engineer at Silurian AI. He previously worked as a software engineer at AWS SageMaker and left a PhD program in applied mathematics focused on fluid dynamics.
- Where does Nikhil Shankar work?
- Nikhil Shankar is Founder of Silurian.
- What companies did Nikhil Shankar found?
- Nikhil Shankar founded Silurian.
- Where did Nikhil Shankar go to school?
- Nikhil Shankar studied at University of Michigan (Master's degree, Applied Mathematics); University of Michigan (Bachelor's degree, Mathematics).
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