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1,187 people in our graph share verified history with Sanj — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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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.
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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 checks · since 2025SAV (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
CP
Chris ParsonsonFounder/CEO
AP
Angus ParsonsonFounder
Experience
- Solve IntelligenceFounder and Chief Research Officercurrent2023 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Y CombinatorBatch S232023San Francisco Bay Area
- Entrepreneur FirstFounder in Residence2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Blockchain.comSenior Quant2021 — 2022London
- Magic Carpet AIResearch Scientist2021Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Huawei Technologies Research & Development (UK) LtdResearch Intern2019 — 2020London, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Reinforcement Learning5TensorFlow3Machine Learning2Data AnalysisResearchMathematical ModelingAlgorithmsAcademic WritingMatlabPython (Programming Language)GitLaTeX
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Microsoft ExcelComputational NeuroscienceFrom Sanj's professional profile.
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.
- Where did Sanj Ahilan go to school?
- Sanj Ahilan studied at UCL (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)); UCL (Master’s Degree, Neuroscience); University of Cambridge (Master’s Degree, Experimental and Theoretical Physics).
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UCL mafia250
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Demis HassabisPhDFounded Google Deepmind +2Nessan BerminghamDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Korro Bio +2Kes ThygesenBachelor of Arts (BA)Founded Rolepoint +2Mark TrefgarneBAFounded Liverail +2Steven RenwickPhDFounded Tilores +2Rand HindiBscFounded Zama +1
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Blockchain mafia13
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Shared employers
Also worked at Solve Intelligence8
Helen LiangFounder & General Partner at FoundersX VenturesAlexInvestor at Thomson Reuters VenturesWally WangGeneral Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Jason McBridePartner at AIX VenturesRobert LacherFounding Partner at Visionaries ClubAlex CarvalhoInvestor at Thomson Reuters Ventures
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Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJessica LivingstonCo-founder of Y CombinatorDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceAlexis OhanianFounder & General Partner of Seven Seven SixMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorDalton CaldwellCo-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator
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