About
Sepand Dyanatkar holds a master's degree from Cambridge in multi-agent reinforcement learning and has conducted research in swarm robotics for space applications. He has built software at Amazon and the European Space Agency.
Founder at OnDeck AIYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Sepand 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 Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran OnDeck AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sepand can intro founders to OnDeck AI's investors below.
OnDeck AI's investors · 3
Co-founders at OnDeck AI
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Alexander DungateFounder
Experience
- OnDeck AICo-Founder and CTOcurrent2022 — present
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2021Vancouver, Canada
- Polytechnique MontréalResearch Intern2020 — 2021Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- UBC RocketAvionics Engineer2019 — 2021Vancouver, Canada
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2020Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- European Space Agency - ESAEngineering Intern2019Cologne Area, Germany
- UBC Launch PadiOS Engineer2017 — 2018Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- UBC Emerging Media LabDeveloper2017Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Skills & more
Machine Learning1Leadership5Writing7Teamwork10ResearchSystems EngineeringComputer VisionGraph Neural Networks1Reinforcement LearningProject ManagementPublic Speaking4PyTorch
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PythonJavaC++Software DevelopmentAlgorithmsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Deep LearningTensorFlowEditingCopy EditingBloggingWeb Content WritingLanguages English · French · Persian
- Avalanche Skills Training Level 1 (AST-1) — Avalanche Canada
- DELF B2 (French Language Certification) — Ministère de l'Éducation nationale
- Bronze Cross — Lifesaving Society Of British Columbia
From Sepand's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sepand Dyanatkar?
- Sepand Dyanatkar holds a master's degree from Cambridge in multi-agent reinforcement learning and has conducted research in swarm robotics for space applications. He has built software at Amazon and the European Space Agency.
- Where does Sepand Dyanatkar work?
- Sepand Dyanatkar is Founder of OnDeck AI.
- What companies did Sepand Dyanatkar found?
- Sepand Dyanatkar founded OnDeck AI.
- Where did Sepand Dyanatkar go to school?
- Sepand Dyanatkar studied at University of Cambridge (Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Computer Science); Y Combinator (S25); The University of British Columbia (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Physics).
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University of Cambridge mafia256
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University of British Columbia mafia80
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Amazon645
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