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Soami Kapadia

Founder

Founder at Hanji

United States

FoundedHanji · YC

About

Soami Kapadia co-founded Hanji and previously interned at Groq, where he developed an open-source project. He is an accomplished speedcuber.

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Founder at HanjiYC X25

Intro paths

YC

Soami 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 Hanji's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Soami can intro founders to Hanji's investors below.

Hanji's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Hanji

DYDavid Yu
David YuCo-founder & CEO
AKAchyut Krishna Byanjankar
Achyut Krishna ByanjankarCo-Founder, CTO

Experience

  1. HanjiCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. YouLearn.AICo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentUnited States
  3. GroqIntern2024Palo Alto, California, United States
  4. GroqAI Intern2024Mountain View, California, United States

Education

  1. Michigan State UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science2022 — 2026
  2. buildspacen&w s4, Computer Science2023
  3. buildspacen&w s3, Computer Science2023

Skills & more

Go (Programming Language)NextjsEverything2ProgrammingProblem SolvingDatabasesSoftware DevelopmentC (Programming Language)Large Language Models (LLM)Open-Source SoftwareWeights and BiasesBackend
+12 moreFrontendLeadershipPublic SpeakingPresentation SkillsDeep LearningMachine LearningPattern RecognitionImage ProcessingC++Google Cloud Platform (GCP)REST APIsNext.js
  • W&B 101 — W&B

From Soami's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Michigan State University75

Sumant MandalCo-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital PartnersJay W. SchmelterCo-founder at RiverVest Venture PartnersSteve HoltzmanBio Advisor at Amplify PartnersKevin NovakFounder at Rackhouse Venture Management LpTamara SteffensManaging Director at Thomson Reuters VenturesKevin MorningstarGeneral Partner at Rockies Venture Adviser, Llc

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Also attended buildspace6

Christian LevanScout at LvlUp VenturesOliver BonallackAnalyst at Team IgniteYash Panditrao3F VC at Malpani VenturesGino GuatavitaFounder at KontigoTamish PulappadiFounder at CocreateHarish AshokFounder at Markov

Shared employers

Also worked at Groq26

Jeannette zu FürstenbergPresident & Managing Director at General CatalystAbdo John HajjFounder of AJH Investments, a private investment office built for long-duration ownership.Tripp JonesInvestor at Uncork CapitalSunny DhillonFounder and Managing Partner at Kyber Knight CapitalJean WeillAssociate at C4 VenturesVictor Bunoust-RoquerePrincipal at Manhattan Venture Partners

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