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- Vamshi BalanagaFounder/CTO · PartclX25B2B · San Francisco
- William Salcedo@WillschipsFounder/CEO · PartclX25B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Vamshi BalanagaPartclFounder/CTOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States——William SalcedoPartclFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States—https://x.com/Willschips
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Vamshi Balanaga
Founder/CTO·Partcl
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size—
BatchSpring 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
CTO at Partcl. Previously built embedded ML models at Apple, laser weeding robots at Carbon Robotics, and warehouse automation robots at Fulfil Solutions. Built and launched multiple rockets while running the avionics team at Space Enterprise at Berkeley, Stanford EECS PhD (dropout), UC Berkeley Physics.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhDDropout / Thiel
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
