About
Shawn Patel is the founder of Almond, which manufactures Axol, a dual-arm robot for industrial and construction applications.
Founder at AlmondYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Shawn went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Almond's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Shawn can intro founders to Almond's investors below.
Almond's investors · 1
Co-founders at Almond
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Saba KhalilnajiFounder
Experience
- AlmondCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- CamphorCo-Founder & CTO2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- GoogleHardware Engineer2022 — 2023Mountain View, California, United States
Skills & more
ESP32 Microcontrollers1VerilogGeographic Information Systems (GIS)FlutterRTOSFirmwareCPython4SwiftJava1JavaScriptXcode
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FirebaseGitARKitArduinoREST APIsSQLApplication-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)Printed Circuit Board (PCB) DesignScikit-LearnGoiOS DevelopmentOpenCVFrom Shawn's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shawn Patel?
- Shawn Patel is the founder of Almond, which manufactures Axol, a dual-arm robot for industrial and construction applications.
- Where does Shawn Patel work?
- Shawn Patel is Founder of Almond.
- What companies did Shawn Patel found?
- Shawn Patel founded Almond.
- Where did Shawn Patel go to school?
- Shawn Patel studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science); Y Combinator (P25, Almond).
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University of California, Berkeley mafia538
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