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- Akash Levy@akashlevyFounder · SilimateS23B2B · San Francisco
- Ann WuFounder · SilimateS23B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Akash LevySilimateFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States8https://x.com/akashlevyAnn WuSilimateFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States8—Showing 1–2 of 2 founders
Akash Levy
Founder·Silimate
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size8
BatchSummer 2023
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder & CTO of Silimate. Akash has a PhD from Stanford in Electrical Engineering, with technical expertise spanning EDA, AI, and cloud through his time at Synopsys, NVIDIA, and AWS. He has taped out 3 chips, published 14 papers on circuit design, and has two pending patents in the EDA space.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record