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- Eduardo Velasco@EduardoVel36291Founder/CTO · SilmarilX26B2B · San Francisco
- Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati@gobhanuskFounder/CEO · VelaW26B2B · San Francisco
- Saatvik Suryajit KorisepatiFounder/CTO · VelaW26B2B · San Francisco
- Akhil VelagapudiFounder · ElodinW24Industrials · San Francisco
- Liza Velarde@liza_velarde21Founder · DeleeW17Healthcare · Monterrey
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Eduardo VelascoSilmarilFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/EduardoVel36291Gobhanu Sasankar KorisepatiVelaFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/gobhanuskSaatvik Suryajit KorisepatiVelaFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Akhil VelagapudiElodinFounderWinter 2024IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States5—Liza VelardeDeleeFounderWinter 2017HealthcareMonterrey, Mexico18https://x.com/liza_velarde21
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Saatvik Suryajit Korisepati
Founder/CTO·Vela
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size2
BatchWinter 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Saatvik dropped out of UChicago (Booth Scholar, MBA/MS CS) to build Vela. Filed his first patent at 16. Previously an award winning engineer on AWS's ML Supercompute team. BS CS + IS from Carnegie Mellon. Z Fellow.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsMBADropout / Thiel
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Vela
AI Recruiting Coordinator for Executive Search
Co-foundersGobhanu Sasankar Korisepati@gobhanusk
