About
Sayan Bhatia conducted AI research at LUKA Lab and previously co-founded a STEM non-profit organization that grew to serve thousands of students globally. He is currently building Kalinda.
Founder at KalindaYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Sayan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kalinda's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sayan can intro founders to Kalinda's investors below.
Kalinda's investors · 1
Co-founders at Kalinda
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Sohil BhatiaFounder
Experience
- KalindaCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- University of California, DavisAI Researcher2023 — 2024
- SpawnnBackend Developer2022 — 2023
- Start STEM EarlyCo-Founder2018 — 2022Washington, United States
- JBT FoodTechDSI Software Engineering Intern2021Redmond, Washington, United States
- LoopieSoftware Development Intern2020Seattle, Washington, United States
- Turn the BusSoftware Developer2019 — 2020Seattle, Washington, United States
- JBT FoodTechData Science Intern2019Redmond, Washington, United States
Skills & more
FilmmakingExperimental Design1Nutrition Research1Virtual Machines1Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Agile MethodologiesiOS Development4Entrepreneurship3Data Science3PhysicsChemistryRaspberry Pi
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Internet of Things (IoT)PhotographyUiPathNode.jsMongoDBPython (Programming Language)Swift (Programming Language)JavaAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorMicrosoft OfficeXcodeLanguages English · Hindi · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sayan Bhatia?
- Sayan Bhatia conducted AI research at LUKA Lab and previously co-founded a STEM non-profit organization that grew to serve thousands of students globally. He is currently building Kalinda.
- Where does Sayan Bhatia work?
- Sayan Bhatia is Founder of Kalinda.
- What companies did Sayan Bhatia found?
- Sayan Bhatia founded Kalinda.
- Where did Sayan Bhatia go to school?
- Sayan Bhatia studied at Y Combinator; University of California, Davis (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering).
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