About
Founder of Akon Labs and previously CTO at Cignara. Earlier roles include Principal AI Engineer at HTCD, where he worked on an AI observability platform, and Founding Engineer at Caravel Labs, where he built an LLM chatbot used by students.
Founder at Akon LabsYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Subham went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Akon Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Subham can intro founders to Akon Labs's investors below.
Akon Labs's investors · 1
Experience
- Akon Labs (YC S26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Cignara (YC P26)Chief Technology Officer2024 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- Personality AIFounding AI Engineer2024 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- TecShareVolunteer - Applied AI2023 — 2026
- Stealth StartupResearch Advisor2025 — 2026
- TellenAI Consultant2024 — 2025United States
- HTCDPrincipal AI Engineer2023 — 2025Austin, Texas, United States
- Caravel LabsSenior Software Engineer2023
- Caravel LabsSoftware Engineer (L2)2022 — 2023
- Caravel LabsSoftware Engineer2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- Caravel LabsConsulting Software Developer2021Seattle, Washington, United States
- IEM IEDCSenior Researcher - Computer Vision2019 — 2022Greater Kolkata Area
- OmdenaJunior ML Engineer2022
- Keysight TechnologiesIntern2020 — 2021India
- OmdenaJunior Machine Learning Engineer2021
- InfosysInfosys Summer of Idea2020
- Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurResearch Intern - Vehicular Communication Algorithm Developer2020
- Caravel LabsIntern2020Seattle, Washington, United States
- Rebaca TechnologiesProject Engineering Intern2019 — 2020Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurResearch Intern - Computer Vision2019Kharagpur I, India
- INDIAN RAILWAYSInternship Trainee2019Kharagpur I, India
Skills & more
Large Language Models (LLM)Reinforcement Learning4Audio Engineering3Language Modeling3Cybersecurity1Finops1Data Analysis2Design Patterns1Computer Architecture1Web Development1End User Research1Data Engineering1
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Software InfrastructureUser Experience (UX)Agile MethodologiesTypeScriptSoftware DevelopmentProduct ManagementImage ProcessingDeep LearningDjangoAzureAzure FunctionsGenerative AI- Scratch to Scale: Large-Scale Training in the Modern World — Maven
- Scratch to Scale: Large-Scale Training in the Modern World — Maven
- Climate Change for Action — Terra.do
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate — Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert — Microsoft
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator — Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty - AZ 220 — Microsoft
- Neo4j Foundamentals — Neo4j
- Applied Accelerated Artificial Intelligence — NPTEL
- Azure Administrator Associate — Microsoft
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Subham Kundu?
- Founder of Akon Labs and previously CTO at Cignara. Earlier roles include Principal AI Engineer at HTCD, where he worked on an AI observability platform, and Founding Engineer at Caravel Labs, where he built an LLM chatbot used by students.
- Where does Subham Kundu work?
- Subham Kundu is Founder of Akon Labs.
- What companies did Subham Kundu found?
- Subham Kundu founded Akon Labs.
- Where did Subham Kundu go to school?
- Subham Kundu studied at TCG CREST (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Reinforcement Learning for Large Language Models); Institute Of Engineering and Management (Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communications Engineering).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cignara (YC P26)1
Also worked at Omdena2
Also worked at Infosys110
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