About
Sayan Mitra is the CEO of Atrisa and previously worked as an AI research engineer at KLA Semiconductors. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from IIT Madras.
Co-Founder at AtrisaYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Sayan went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Atrisa's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sayan can intro founders to Atrisa's investors below.
Atrisa's investors · 1
Co-founders at Atrisa
RJ
Rithik JainFounder
AK
Atman KarFounder
Experience
- Atrisa (YC P26)Co-founder & CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- KLAArtificial Intelligence Engineer 22023 — 2025Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- KLAResearch Intern - AI/ML2022Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- IBMResearch Intern - AI/ML (NLP)2021Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
- Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasYoung Research Fellowship2020 — 2021Chennai
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc)Research Intern - AI/ML2020Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Team Avishkar HyperloopEngineer2019 — 2020CFI IIT Madras, Chennai
- Inter IIT Tech MeetContingent Member | IIT Madras2019IIT Roorkee
- Avanti FellowsMentor2018 — 2019Pondicherry
Skills & more
Python (Programming Language)3C (Programming Language)1C++1CUDA1Deep Learning1Electrical Engineering3
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sayan Mitra?
- Sayan Mitra is the CEO of Atrisa and previously worked as an AI research engineer at KLA Semiconductors. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from IIT Madras.
- Where does Sayan Mitra work?
- Sayan Mitra is Co-Founder of Atrisa.
- What companies did Sayan Mitra found?
- Sayan Mitra founded Atrisa.
- Where did Sayan Mitra go to school?
- Sayan Mitra studied at Y Combinator (Spring 26); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical).
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