About
Sanj Ahilan holds an MSci in Physics from Cambridge and a PhD in machine learning from UCL. He previously worked at Magic Carpet AI and Huawei Technologies, and has contributed to open-source projects in large language model fine-tuning.
Founder at Solve IntelligenceYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Sanj went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Solve Intelligence's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sanj can intro founders to Solve Intelligence's investors below.
Solve Intelligence's investors · 12
20VCLondon · $250K – $5M checks · since 2025Amino CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checksCoho DeeptechSan FranciscoFoundersX VenturesSilicon ValleyOperator CollectivePalo Alto · $500K – $1.5M checksSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo AltoSterling RoadSan Francisco · $50K – $150K checksTeam Ignite VenturesThomson Reuters VenturesNew York · since 2025TransLink CapitalSilicon Valley · $1M – $5M checksVisionaries ClubBerlin · $900K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
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Co-founders at Solve Intelligence
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Chris ParsonsonFounder/CEO
AP
Angus ParsonsonFounder
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sanj Ahilan?
- Sanj Ahilan holds an MSci in Physics from Cambridge and a PhD in machine learning from UCL. He previously worked at Magic Carpet AI and Huawei Technologies, and has contributed to open-source projects in large language model fine-tuning.
- Where does Sanj Ahilan work?
- Sanj Ahilan is Founder of Solve Intelligence.
- What companies did Sanj Ahilan found?
- Sanj Ahilan founded Solve Intelligence.
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