Ankit Gupta Appointed as Y Combinator General Partner with Machine Learning Expertise
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Summary
Y Combinator announces Ankit Gupta as their newest General Partner, bringing deep machine learning expertise and startup experience. Gupta previously worked as a visiting partner with YC founders and co-founded Reverie Labs in the Winter 2018 batch. He will be primarily based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, re-establishing YC's presence at their original office location.
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Ankit will primarily be based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts — re-establishing a YC foothold at the site of our original office
Ankit's YC journey began in the Winter 2018 batch, when he co-founded Reverie Labs
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