Find your path to Shawn
260 people in our graph share verified history with Shawn — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Rohan BhargavaunlockedShawn: together at University of California, Berkeley (2019–2022)
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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).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Almond1
Also worked at Google2,000
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGArash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox
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