Nand Vinchhi accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 cohort with Axal.ai

Nand Vinchhi, a 20-year-old software engineer from Bengaluru, has achieved a significant milestone by being accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 cohort with his startup Axal.ai.

Y Combinator, based in San Francisco, is renowned as one of the world’s leading startup accelerators, having nurtured successful companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe.

Vinchhi is currently raising a seed round for Axal.ai, which he co-founded to tackle coding challenges that new team members face. This issue was highlighted during his involvement with the University of Maryland’s App Dev Club, where members noted that newcomers struggled to understand existing code.

Vinchhi's acceptance into Y Combinator marks a promising step for his venture, as the accelerator provides invaluable resources and mentorship to emerging startups.

Nand Vinchhi, a 20-year-old software engineer from Bengaluru, has been accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 cohort with his startup Axal.ai, which aims to address coding challenges faced by new team members, a problem identified during his time at the University of Maryland's App Dev Club.