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Prashant Patel

InvestorFounder

Founder at OpenRelay

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedOpenRelay · YC

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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.

Founder at OpenRelayYC S26

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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, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran OpenRelay's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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OpenRelay's investors · 16

468 CapitalBerlinEniac VenturesNew York City · $1.2M checksHassan Lantry (Blast)$5.5M checksLiquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksMaiora Rebel VenturesMetsu CapitalPack VenturesSeattlePioneerToronto, OntarioRice CapitalCovinaRobinhoodMenlo ParkStarbridge Venture Capital LlcWashingtonTekedia CapitalLagos · $1K checksTranspose Platform ManagementSan FranciscoUncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checksVela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

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

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

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Prashant Patel?
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.
Where does Prashant Patel work?
Prashant Patel is Founder of OpenRelay.
What companies did Prashant Patel found?
Prashant Patel founded OpenRelay.
What companies has Prashant Patel invested in?
Investments tracked here include Context.dev, Wondering.
Where did Prashant Patel go to school?
Prashant Patel studied at New York University (Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science); Gujarat Technological University (GTU) (Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering).

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