About
Shav Vimalendiran worked as a quantitative developer at an algorithmic hedge fund and as a founding engineer at a fintech company. He is now building SAMMY, a platform focused on automating post-sales operations.
Founder at SAMMY LabsYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Shav went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran SAMMY Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Shav can intro founders to SAMMY Labs's investors below.
SAMMY Labs's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at SAMMY Labs
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Joe SavidgeFounder
Experience
- SAMMY Labs (YC W25)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Scrypt Solutions LtdQuantitative Developer2023 β 2024London Area, United Kingdom
- NDUK - DuveraData Scientist - Full Stack Founding Engineer2022 β 2023London, England, United Kingdom
- Apollo Tyres LtdData Scientist2021 β 2022London, England, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Matlab1LaTeXSOLIDWORKSAdobe Photoshop1Git5GitHub4KerasPostgreSQL4Python (Programming Language)4Pandas (Software)4CSS34HTML54
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Node.jsDjangoTailwind CSSJavaScriptMongoDBBabel.jsReact.jsFlaskFull-Stack DevelopmentTeamworkAnalytical SkillsWriting- AWS Certified Machine Learning β Specialty β Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner β Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Deep Learning Specialization β Coursera
- Convolutional Neural Networks β Coursera
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects β Coursera
- Sequence Models β Coursera
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization and Optimization β Coursera
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning β Coursera
From Shav's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shav Vimalendiran?
- Shav Vimalendiran worked as a quantitative developer at an algorithmic hedge fund and as a founding engineer at a fintech company. He is now building SAMMY, a platform focused on automating post-sales operations.
- Where does Shav Vimalendiran work?
- Shav Vimalendiran is Founder of SAMMY Labs.
- What companies did Shav Vimalendiran found?
- Shav Vimalendiran founded SAMMY Labs.
- Where did Shav Vimalendiran go to school?
- Shav Vimalendiran studied at Y Combinator (W25); Imperial College London (Master of Engineering - MEng, Chemical Engineering); Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet.
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