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About
Nisal Ranasinghe studied electronic and telecommunications engineering and worked as a senior engineer in the AI division of a telecommunications company before pursuing a PhD in explainable AI and healthcare AI at the University of Melbourne. He is co-founder and CTO of Phonely.
Founder at PhonelyYC S24
Intro paths
Nisal went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Phonely's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Nisal can intro founders to Phonely's investors below.
Phonely's investors · 4
Co-founders at Phonely
Experience
- Phonely (YC S24)Co-Foundercurrent2023 — present
- University of MelbourneGraduate Researcher2021 — 2025Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Axiata Digital LabsSenior Engineer - Data Science2021Sri Lanka
- Axiata Digital LabsData Engineer2019 — 2021Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Paraqum TechnologiesTrainee Associate Electronic Engineer2017Sri Lanka
Skills & more
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)Microsoft AzureField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)Electronic EngineeringMathematicsEngineeringRoboticsAlgorithmsTelecommunications EngineeringManagementSystemVerilogMachine LearningLanguages English · Sinhalese
- Production Machine Learning Systems — Coursera
- Sequence Models — Coursera
- Recommendation Systems with TensorFlow on GCP — Coursera
- Advanced Computer Vision with TensorFlow — Coursera
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate — Microsoft
- How Google does Machine Learning — Coursera
- Data Visualization with Python — Coursera
- Learning Data Science: Using Agile Methodology — LinkedIn
- Product Management First Steps — LinkedIn
- Applied Machine Learning: Algorithms — LinkedIn
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nisal Ranasinghe?
- Nisal Ranasinghe studied electronic and telecommunications engineering and worked as a senior engineer in the AI division of a telecommunications company before pursuing a PhD in explainable AI and healthcare AI at the University of Melbourne. He is co-founder and CTO of Phonely.
- Where does Nisal Ranasinghe work?
- Nisal Ranasinghe is Founder of Phonely.
- What companies did Nisal Ranasinghe found?
- Nisal Ranasinghe founded Phonely.
- Where did Nisal Ranasinghe go to school?
- Nisal Ranasinghe studied at University of Melbourne (PhD - Engineering and IT, Artificial Intelligence); University of Moratuwa (B. Sc. Engineering (Hons), Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering); CIMA (CIMA Passed Finalist).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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University of Melbourne mafia97
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University of Moratuwa mafia5
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
CIMA mafia3
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Same school
Also attended University of Melbourne385
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Also attended University of Moratuwa6
Also attended CIMA34
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Shared employers
Also worked at Phonely (YC S24)2
Also worked at University of Melbourne72
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