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Prashant Patel

Founder

Founder at OpenRelay

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedOpenRelay · YC

About

Prashant Patel is the founder of OpenRelay (YC S26). He previously served as Staff Engineer at Voltagepark, where he worked on managed inference and orchestration software, and was a founding member of Amazon Bedrock at AWS, where he led the Custom Model Import initiative and scaled inference infrastructure for large language models. He holds an MS in Computer Science from NYU.

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Founder at OpenRelayYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Prashant went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran OpenRelay's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Prashant can intro founders to OpenRelay's investors below.

OpenRelay's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at OpenRelay

JWJaden Wang
Jaden WangFounder

Experience

  1. OpenRelay (YC S26)Founder / CTOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Lightning AIStaff Software Engineer2025 — 2026Seattle, Washington, United States
  3. Amazon Web Services (AWS)Senior Software Development Engineer2024 — 2026Seattle, Washington, United States
  4. Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development Engineer II2021 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  5. IBMAdvisory Software Engineer2020San Jose, California, United States
  6. IBMStaff Software Engineer2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  7. IBMSoftware Engineer Intern2018San Jose, California, United States
  8. New York UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2018New York, United States
  9. New York UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2017 — 2018New York, United States
  10. IBMSoftware Engineer Intern2017San Francisco Bay Area
  11. New York UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2017New York, United States
  12. AlexapathSoftware Developer (NYU Fellowship Intern)2016 — 2017Brooklyn, NY
  13. Studentdesk.inAndroid app developer2014 — 2016Ahmedabad

Education

  1. New York UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science2016 — 2018
  2. Gujarat Technological University (GTU)Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering2012 — 2016

Skills & more

Technology ManagementTechnology LeadershipMachine Learning9Data Science6Programming1Software Development2Android DevelopmentAlgorithmsProject ManagementCloud Computing1Go (Programming Language)1Data Structures
+12 moreComputer ScienceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Public SpeakingLeadershipTeamworkManagementCMicrosoft OfficeHTMLJavaC++Microsoft Word

Languages English · Gujarati · Hindi

From Prashant's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended New York University308

Gabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystAndrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at HeavybitRami BranitzkyPartner at Sapphire VenturesZach WhiteInvestment Team at 8VCAnkita TiwariPrograms Manager at StartXUri LopatinInvestor at Khosla Ventures

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Also attended Gujarat Technological University (GTU)2

Daivik RavalAssociate Vice President, Growth Equity at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsHarsh VyasAI Fellow at Capria Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at OpenRelay (YC S26)1

Jaden WangFounder at OpenRelay

Also worked at Lightning AI6

Bryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesIhar MahaniokFounder & General Partner at Geek VenturesKevin ZhangPartner at Bain Capital VenturesSam YaganCo-Founder and Managing Director at Corazon CapitalCaryn MarooneyInvestor at Coatue ManagementTimothy ChenManaging Partner at Essence Venture Capital

Also worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS)148

Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupEric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKeerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesJared SaulFormer Chief Medical Officer, Commercial Health & Life Sciences (External Advisor) at Flare Capital PartnersEllen RubinPartner at Glasswing Ventures

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Also worked at IBM562

Kenneth ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesEricAdvisor at Clear VenturesKT MooreAdvisor at Clear Ventures

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