About
Saatvik holds degrees in computer science and information systems from Carnegie Mellon. He previously worked as an engineer on AWS's ML Supercompute team and was pursuing an MBA and MS in Computer Science at University of Chicago before leaving to launch Vela.
Founder at VelaYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Saatvik went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Vela's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Saatvik can intro founders to Vela's investors below.
Vela's investors · 3
Co-founders at Vela
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Gobhanu Sasankar KorisepatiFounder