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
Education
- Y Combinator
- University of California, DavisBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering
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
From Sayan's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator1,466
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Also attended University of California, Davis129
Charles CallSLP & Venture Partner at Cottonwood Technology FundDavid PhuController at Felicis VenturesBryan EglanDirector of Business Development at Menlo VenturesScott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersMasoud AdinaHead of Compliance at GreycroftAva EitzenPortfolio Support at 8VC
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Shared employers
Also worked at Kalinda1
Also worked at University of California, Davis41
Bryan EglanDirector of Business Development at Menlo VenturesScott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersJosephine ChenInvestor at Sequoia CapitalCindy DoleDeputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Samsung Catalyst FundGordon RausserAdvisory Board Member at Rembrandt Venture PartnersToni AlejandriaEvents + Community at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
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