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Vamshi Balanaga

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Founder at Partcl

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedPartcl · YC

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About

Vamshi Balanaga is CTO at Partcl. He previously worked on embedded machine learning at Apple, robotics engineering at Carbon Robotics and Fulfil Solutions, and led avionics systems at Space Enterprise while a graduate student at Stanford.

Founder at PartclYC X25

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YC

Vamshi 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 Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Partcl's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Partcl's investors · 9

468 CapitalBerlinFounder CapitalSilicon Valley · $25K – $100K checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $20M checksLiquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksMetsu CapitalPioneerToronto, OntarioTekedia CapitalLagos · $1K checksTranspose Platform ManagementSan FranciscoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Partcl

WSWilliam Salcedo
William SalcedoFounder

Experience

  1. PartclCofounder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Stanford UniversityPhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science2023 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
  3. University of California, BerkeleyExperimental Condensed Matter Research Assistant2022 — 2023Berkeley, CA
  4. Berkeley Wireless Research CenterML Research Assistant2021 — 2023Berkeley, CA
  5. AppleEmbedded Machine Learning Engineer2022Cupertino, California, United States
  6. University of California, BerkeleyPlasma Physics Research Assistant2020 — 2022Berkeley, California, United States
  7. Carbon RoboticsFirmware Engineer2021Seattle, Washington, United States
  8. Space Enterprise at BerkeleyGNC Engineer2021Berkeley, California, United States
  9. Space Enterprise at BerkeleyHead of Avionics2020 — 2021
  10. Space Enterprise at BerkeleyAvionics Engineer2019 — 2020Berkeley, CA
  11. BLUE ORIGINAvionics Engineer2021Seattle, Washington, United States
  12. FulfilControls Engineer2020Redwood City, California, United States
  13. Blockchain at BerkeleyDeveloper Consultant2019 — 2020Berkeley, CA
  14. Sandia National LaboratoriesResearch And Development Intern2019 — 2020Albuquerque, New Mexico Area
  15. Nuclear Science and Security ConsortiumUndergraduate Research Assistant2018 — 2019Berkeley, CA
  16. IUPUIResearch Assistant2018Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Skills & more

Simulations4Mathematical Modeling2Machine Learning1Data Analysis2Raspberry PiAgent-based ModelingPython4C++3RFirmwareEmbedded SoftwareC
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Languages English · French · Hindi

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Investments

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Scalar Field

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Vamshi Balanaga?
Vamshi Balanaga is CTO at Partcl. He previously worked on embedded machine learning at Apple, robotics engineering at Carbon Robotics and Fulfil Solutions, and led avionics systems at Space Enterprise while a graduate student at Stanford.
Where does Vamshi Balanaga work?
Vamshi Balanaga is Founder of Partcl.
What companies did Vamshi Balanaga found?
Vamshi Balanaga founded Partcl.
What companies has Vamshi Balanaga invested in?
Investments tracked here include Scalar Field.
Where did Vamshi Balanaga go to school?
Vamshi Balanaga studied at Stanford University (PhD, Electrical Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Physics); Columbus North High School.

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