Vivek Aithal

Founder

Founder at MinusX

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Research engineer at comma.ai focusing on autonomous driving systems for three years. UC Berkeley and IIT Kharagpur graduate now developing a data science agent at MinusX.

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Vivek Aithal @nuwandavek

my love letter to sf https://t.co/gbzWNNt7wN https://t.co/hG8iRdKL94

Aug 3, 2026 · ♥ 3

Vivek Aithal @nuwandavek

gpt-5.6-sol is amazing at setting up the training loop, generating images, verifying everything fable-5 is amazing at visual design cannot believe how fun side projects can be with coding agents! https://t.co/hG8iRdKL94

Aug 3, 2026 · ♥ 1

Vivek Aithal @nuwandavek

when i saw @_coenen 's NYC project, i was immediately reminded of the opening credits of SV tv show. this project was insanely fun and insanely complicated and would have probably been abandoned midway without codex and claudecode. 3d tiles from @googlemaps, base model from https://t.co/7A9pjmo8wW

Aug 3, 2026 · ♥ 2

Founder at MinusX YC S24

Intro paths

Vivek went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran MinusX's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Vivek can intro founders to MinusX's investors below.

MinusX's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at MinusX

Sreejith PuthanpurayilFounder

Experience

minusx.aiCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
comma.aiMachine Learning Engineer, Research2021 — 2024San Diego, California, United States
University of California, BerkeleyGraduate Student Researcher2020 — 2021Berkeley, California, United States

Education

University of California, BerkeleyMaster's degree, Machine Learning2019 — 2021
Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurB.Tech (Hons.) and M.Tech (Dual Degree), Aerospace Engineering2011 — 2016