2x founder

Akshay Chalana

Co-founder & CEO, Saphira AI (YC S24) | AI for robotics & complex physical systems | ex-Apple, Meta, Tesla, Citadel

Co-founder

Saphira AI· Summer 2024 San Francisco Bay Area

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @ac2zoom

2024Co-founder· Saphira AI

Founder · since 2011

Company

Saphira AI

Role

CEO & Co-Founder

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

San Francisco, California, United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Saphira AI

The Enablement Layer for Physical AI

Summer 2024

Experience

Career

Saphira AI
Co-founder
CEO & Co-Founder · San Francisco, California, United States · 2024 – Present
2024
Citadel Securities
Systems Software Engineer · New York, NY, United States · 2021 – 2024
2021
Apple
Software Engineer · Seattle, Washington, United States · 2019 – 2021
2019
Saphira Technology
Partner · 2017 – 2019
2017
MoneySen.se
Founder
Founder · Seattle, WA · 2011 – 2019
2011
Facebook
Software Engineer · Menlo Park, California · 2018
2018
SELCO Foundation
Financial Services for Migrant Communities · Bengaluru · 2018
2018
Jumpstart
Machine Learning Consultant · San Francisco Bay Area · 2017 – 2018
2017
UW Hyperloop
Control Systems Lead · Seattle, WA · 2015 – 2018
2015
Doppler Labs
Machine Learning Engineer · San Francisco, California · 2017
2017
University of Washington
Research Assistant · Seattle, Washington · 2016 – 2017
2016
University of Washington
Research Assistant - Programming Languages & Software Engineering · Seattle, WA · 2016
2016
Tesla
Software Engineer · Palo Alto, California · 2016
2016
Samaritan
Software Developer · Seattle · 2015 – 2016
2015
Crowds on Demand
Partnerships · Greater Seattle Area · 2014
2014
Winshuttle
Documentation · Bothell, WA · 2014
2014

Bio

Co-Founder, CEO - Saphira AI - Automating Safety+Systems Engineering: ex-Citadel (real-time trading workflow configuration), Apple (pb-scale dataset management for Siri and Vision Pro), Tesla (made sure batteries didn't explode in the heat of the sun), Meta (PyTorch/ONNX), Hyperloop (blew up and crashed pods)