Ankit Gupta Joins YC as General Partner, Bringing Deep ML Expertise
Y Combinator Garry Tan
Ankit Gupta, a machine learning researcher and founder of Reverie Labs, has joined Y Combinator as a General Partner. Gupta co-founded Reverie Labs in YC's Winter 2018 batch, developing ML models for drug discovery before the company was acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks in 2024. He will mentor YC founders building AI companies, primarily from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Why it matters
We’re thrilled to announce that Ankit Gupta is joining YC as our newest General Partner.Ankit has already worked with dozens of YC founders as a visiting partner in recent batches. He has a rare blend of deep machine learning expertise and firsthand startup experience that make him