Avyay Varadarajan is a founder and CEO with a decade of experience building production-ready software and machine learning systems, currently leading dari.dev (YC F25) to deliver the production layer for AI agents. He blends research pedigree from Caltech and Stanford lab work—training deep neural nets on DNA sequencing—with practical product and data roles across sports analytics, transportation, and startup AI. His background includes machine learning and software roles at the Los Angeles Lakers, Second Spectrum, Uber, and Pantheon AI, where he translated complex models into operational systems. Comfortable across the stack, he focuses on making AI agents robust, scalable, and deployable for real-world workflows. Notably, he pairs founder-level strategic vision with hands-on engineering, regularly booking demos and direct conversations to iterate product-market fit. Based in Fremont, CA, he brings an unusual mix of sports analytics intuition and computational biology experience to the AI infrastructure space.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, N/A, High School Diploma, N/A at Mission San Jose High School
Python API for stats.nba.com with a focus on NBA and WNBA applications
Contributions:8 pushes in 1 year 9 months
apipythonwnbanba-statsnba
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Avyay Varadarajan - Co-founder, CEO at dari.dev (YC F25)