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.
Founder at Ambient.aiYC W17
Intro paths
YC
Vikesh went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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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
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In turn, Vikesh can intro founders to Ambient.ai's investors below.
Ambient.ai's investors Β· 7
Co-founders at Ambient.ai
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Shikhar ShresthaFounder/CEO
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
Skills & more
C++41SQL11MySQL34Python55WPF3Databases8Django4C13JavaScript19Git7Visual Studio2CSS5
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jQueryHadoopC#AJAXOracleJavaMachine LearningData StructuresSoftware EngineeringGuitarProgrammingObject Oriented DesignFrom Vikesh's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vikesh Khanna?
- 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.
- Where does Vikesh Khanna work?
- Vikesh Khanna is Founder of Ambient.ai.
- What companies did Vikesh Khanna found?
- Vikesh Khanna founded Ambient.ai.
- Where did Vikesh Khanna go to school?
- Vikesh Khanna studied at Stanford University (Master of Science (MS), Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (B.Tech., Computer Science); Delhi Public School, Hardwar.
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