About
Pratham Bansal studied engineering at IIT Delhi and conducted machine learning research at Caltech and Rice. He previously worked on AI system deployment for Fortune 500 enterprises at Booz & Company, and built ML inference optimization software that was acquired by an NVIDIA-backed company.
Founder at LanesurfYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Pratham went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Lanesurf's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Pratham can intro founders to Lanesurf's investors below.
Lanesurf's investors · 2
Co-founders at Lanesurf
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Sarthak Singh ChauhanFounder
Experience
- LanesurfCo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
- Booz & Company.Associate2023 — 2024
- CaltechML Research2021
- Rice UniversityML Research2021
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementInnovator-in-Residence2020
Education
- Indian Institute of Technology, DelhiB.Tech, Engineering2019 — 2023
Same school
Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi99
Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldAshu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalNeeraj AroraCEO India, MENA & Managing Director at General CatalystNitin SethChief Executive Officer (Incedo) at Mission HoldingsApoorva PandhiInvestor at Zetta Venture PartnersAnkur JainManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
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Shared employers
Also worked at Lanesurf1
Also worked at Booz & Company.16
Matthew Le MerleManaging Partner & CEO at Blockchain CoinvestorsArthur MiznePartner at Base PartnersAbhishek SharmaManaging Director at Nexus Venture PartnersAndrew YeoInvestment Team at OIF VenturesMariano GonzálezGeneral Partner at MGV CapitalEbi AtawodiInvestor at CapitalT
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Also worked at Caltech42
Haomiao HuangFounding Partner at Matter Venture PartnersConnor CooleyVenture Partner at Electric Feel Ventures LlcHelen McBrideOperating Partner at BOLD LongevityAlex HartzGeneral Partner at Shine CapitalIlya FushmanPartner at KPCBMich Mathews-SpradlinVenture Partner at Griffin Gaming Partners
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Also worked at Rice University27
Edi DanalacheSenior Associate at Scale Venture PartnersBlair GarrouCo-founder & General Partner at Mercury FundPatrick OkoraforDirector of Finance at Mercury FundMaxim KaroubiInvestment Associate at NextGen Venture PartnersAlex LiuCampus Lead at The MBA FundSamantha LewisPartner at Mercury Fund
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