Summary
Advith Chelikani is a software entrepreneur and technical leader based in San Francisco with a decade of experience building scalable systems and developer platforms. As co-founder of Pylon, he is creating an AI-native, multi-channel B2B customer support platform that unifies Slack Connect, Teams, email, in-app chat, and more, backed by investors including YC, General Catalyst, and a16z. Previously at Samsara, he led the Developer Ecosystem team, expanding API surface from a few endpoints to 150+, and scaling daily API traffic from under 1M to over 100M requests. His background includes a KPCB Engineering Fellowship and internships at Slack, NASA JPL, Nutanix, and Coursera, highlighting a track record across startups and large tech ecosystems. He also coalesced engineering and product thinking to build internal and external developer platforms, OAuth 2.0, and marketplace integrations. Outside work, he has led Hacktech organizing efforts and has a Caltech background, underscoring a blend of academic rigor and hands-on execution.
11 years of coding experience