About
Vikesh Khanna is co-founder and CTO of Ambient.ai, an enterprise physical security company founded in 2017. He previously worked as a software engineer at Dropbox and Microsoft.
Vikesh Khanna @vikeshkhanna
What a wonderful time to be alive. https://t.co/JFxJVdqwrf
Mar 12, 2026 Β· β₯ 4
Vikesh Khanna @vikeshkhanna
βΏ Β Tip: Start with small features or bug fixes, tell Claude to propose a plan, and verify its suggested edits Urge: Consolidate my 15 repos into a monorepo and build one-click deploy.
Feb 21, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Vikesh Khanna @vikeshkhanna
What really excites me about Superintelligence / ASI is that we might finally have a model that can navigate Google Admin.
Oct 10, 2025 Β· β₯ 4
Founder at Ambient.aiYC W17
Intro paths
Vikesh went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner β the partner who ran Ambient.ai's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Vikesh can intro founders to Ambient.ai's investors below.
Ambient.ai's investors Β· 7
Co-founders at Ambient.ai
Experience
- Ambient.aiCTO & Co-foundercurrent2017 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DropboxSoftware Engineer2015 β 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityTaught Applied Machine Learning2014 β 2015Palo Alto, CA
- LinkedInSoftware Engineering Intern2014Mountain View, CA
- Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant2014
- Microsoft CorporationSoftware Development Engineer (SDE)2011 β 2013
- Entrepreneurship Development Cell, IIT RoorkeeTech lead2007 β 2011
- zigndogCo-founder2008 β 2010
Education
- Stanford UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science2013 β 2015
- Indian Institute of Technology, RoorkeeB.Tech., Computer Science2007 β 2011
- Delhi Public School, Hardwar1993 β 2007
Skills & more
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Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Stanford University mafia721
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Dropbox mafia36
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Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee mafia25
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Same school
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee56
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Shared employers
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