About
Sam Karu is co-founder and CEO of Logical. He previously worked at NVIDIA on AI inference and model optimization, and conducted research at UCLA on AI applications in wireless and cellular systems before leaving his PhD program.
Founder at LogicalYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Sam went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Logical's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sam can intro founders to Logical's investors below.
Logical's investors · 3
Co-founders at Logical
AI
Anushka IdamekoralaFounder
Experience
- Logical (YC F25)Co-founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- NVIDIASenior Software Engineer, Deep Learning Inference Workflows2024 — 2025Santa Clara, California, United States
- NVIDIASoftware Engineer, Deep Learning Inference Workflows2022 — 2024Santa Clara, California, United States
- UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied ScienceGraduate Student Researcher2019 — 2021Los Angeles, California, United States
- QualcommResearch Intern - Wireless Systems R&D2021San Diego, California, United States
- Nokia Bell LabsResearch Intern2017 — 2018Antwerp
Skills & more
Java21Python18C27C++12JavaScript8NetBeans7IntelliJ IDEA2JavaFX2Photoshop5After Effects2Matlab11Adobe Photoshop2
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Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficePHPHTMLC (Programming Language)SQLMySQLAndroid DevelopmentPhysicsMathematicsChemistryFlash AnimationLanguages English · Sinhalese · Tamil
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sam Karu?
- Sam Karu is co-founder and CEO of Logical. He previously worked at NVIDIA on AI inference and model optimization, and conducted research at UCLA on AI applications in wireless and cellular systems before leaving his PhD program.
- Where does Sam Karu work?
- Sam Karu is Founder of Logical.
- What companies did Sam Karu found?
- Sam Karu founded Logical.
- Where did Sam Karu go to school?
- Sam Karu studied at UCLA (Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering); University of Peradeniya (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Engineering).
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