Summary
Nijil Y is a strategic advisor and investor with 14 years of technology and startup leadership experience, best known as co-founder and CEO of Mashinga, where he built a deployable Voice AI speech-to-text engine serving BFSI, telco, and broadcast customers. He blends deep-tech product development with hands-on entrepreneurial experience, driving revenue, fundraising, and go-to-market strategies for early-stage ventures. Currently pivoting into insurtech, Nijil is quietly designing solutions to improve onboarding and underwriting efficiency through advanced automation and model-driven workflows. He also advises Baldacci Animation, bringing a cross-industry perspective that fuses creative production with scalable engineering. Based in Hyderabad, he combines technical roots from a CUSAT computer science background with a practical knack for turning research-grade AI into on-premise, enterprise-ready products. Colleagues know him for pursuing high-impact deep tech while keeping collaboration and commercial outcomes front and center.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
B. Tech/BS 2007, 2011, B. Tech/BS 2007, 2011 at School of Engineering
B. Tech/BS School, Computer Science and Engineering, B. Tech/BS School, Computer Science and Engineering at School of Engineering, CUSAT
BS/BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, BS/BTech, Computer Science and Engineering at Cochin University of Science and Technology