About
Sashank Gondala is co-founder and CTO of FurtherAI. He previously worked as a language modeling scientist at Apple developing models for Siri, and holds a computer science degree from IIT Bombay and a master's degree in computer science with a focus on machine learning from Georgia Tech, where he conducted multimodal AI research.
Sashank Gondala @sgondala2
A lot of people ask me whether VCs add value beyond writing a check. I can't speak for everyone, but choosing @joeschmidtiv and the @a16z team for our Series A has easily been one of the best decisions we've made at FurtherAI. They've been true partners from day one. Whether https://t.co/Q4lwWPf4n9
Jul 21, 2026 Β· β₯ 11 Β· β 1
Sashank Gondala @sgondala2
We've built out internal versions of this (Sherlock and Poirot) few months ago, and they've become a huge force multiplier across the company. Engineers use them for triage, debugging, and code generation. What's been more surprising is the adoption across non-technical teams. https://t.co/4wPis5fLQv
Jun 24, 2026 Β· β₯ 26 Β· β 2
Sashank Gondala @sgondala2
There's no playbook for agent-first software yet. We're writing it in real time. If these problems excite you, would love to talk! Full writeup here - https://t.co/BuGI3ISihb
May 6, 2026 Β· β₯ 4
CTO/Co-founder at FurtherAIYC W24
Intro paths
Sashank went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran FurtherAI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Sashank can intro founders to FurtherAI's investors below.
FurtherAI's investors Β· 5
Co-founders at FurtherAI
