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Sai Gurrapu

Founder

Founder at Hypercubic

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedHypercubic · YC

About

Sai Gurrapu is a machine learning engineer who previously worked on multimodal algorithms at Apple that shipped on hundreds of millions of devices. He has published NLP research in peer-reviewed venues and founded an interview preparation platform that achieved six-figure annual revenue.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at HypercubicYC F25

Intro paths

YC

Sai went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Hypercubic's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Sai can intro founders to Hypercubic's investors below.

Hypercubic's investors · 4

Afore CapitalCIVPioneerY Combinator

Co-founders at Hypercubic

ANAayush Naik
Aayush NaikFounder

Experience

  1. HypercubicCEO / Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. AppleLead Machine Learning Engineer2024 — 2025Cupertino, California, United States
  3. AppleMachine Learning Engineer2022 — 2023Cupertino, California, United States
  4. WonderlyCo-Founder2021 — 2022
  5. Z FellowsZ Fellow2021
  6. Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI)Applied ML Researcher2021
  7. William & MaryApplied ML Researcher2020 — 2021
  8. Stanford UniversityUniversity Innovation Fellowship2020 — 2021
  9. HitchHiqeCo-Founder2019 — 2020
  10. George Mason UniversityApplied ML Researcher2019

Education

  1. Virginia TechMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science
  2. Virginia TechBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
  3. Chantilly High SchoolAdvanced Studies Diploma

Skills & more

Machine Learning6Entrepreneurship2Research and Development (R&D)3Software Engineering2Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Natural Language Processing (NLP)Computer Vision1Scientific Writing1Design1Leadership3Problem Solving1Public Speaking1
+12 morePythonJavaC++JavaScriptLaTeXCSwift (Programming Language)React.jsNode.jsTensorFlowPyTorchKeras
  • Design Thinking and Lean Startup — Stanford University
  • Deep Learning Specialization — DeepLearning.AI
  • CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ — CompTIA

From Sai's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Stanford University mafia721

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded Manas AI +1Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +3Mike Maples JrBSFounded Pattern BreakersSteve JurvetsonBSEEFounded Mojo VisionAnsuman SatpathyAssistant ProfessorFounded Santa Ana Bio +2Dan SirokerB.S.Founded Limitless +2

+ 714 more

Virginia Tech mafia27

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Khaled HusseinMaster’s DegreeFounded Tilt +1Jason CorwinBachelor's DegreeFounded Safely Finance +1Rob LaFaveBAFounded Foodzie +1Corey ThomasComputer Science & Political ScienceFounded CloudZeroCraigElectrical and Electronics EngineeringFounded Cognitive SpacePaul ColtonBS (Incomplete)Founded Pixate

+ 20 more

Chantilly High School mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Connor ParkFounded Async

Same school

Also attended Virginia Tech99

Rashad AssirContent at Redpoint VenturesJoseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesCurry RobertsPresident, Fredericksburg Regional Alliance at Riphean InvestmentsSamantha MoskettiSenior Manager, Knowledge Sharing at JMI EquityMichelle KincaidVP, Marketing & Platforms at Ballistic Ventures

+ 93 more

Also attended Chantilly High School3

Nayana Celine XavierAnalyst at Updata PartnersKristofer MartinPrincipal at Will VenturesConnor ParkCo-Founder, CTO at Async

Shared employers

Also worked at Hypercubic1

Aayush NaikFounder at Hypercubic

Also worked at Apple451

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesNicolas MetzkeInvestor at Daphni

+ 445 more

Also worked at Stanford University629

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 623 more

Also worked at George Mason University13

Veronica DaiglePresident, National Security Practice at Red Cell IncubationKurt SchererManaging Director at C5 CapitalMikhail ZeldovichAdvisor at Cento VenturesDhruv BansalInvestor at VMG PartnersGillian KrugProgram Manager at Conscious Venture LabLawrence GreenbergVenture Partner at Motley Fool Ventures

+ 7 more