Summary
Sepand Dyanatkar is a Co-Founder and CTO with 8 years of experience building open-domain, bottom-up computer vision systems that can "find anything" across long-form video and imagery. He leads OnDeck AI out of Vancouver, turning research-grade vision techniques into production-ready search and understanding tools informed by his MPhil in Computer Science from Cambridge and prior multi-agent RL work. His background spans fast-paced product engineering at Amazon, space-oriented systems at ESA, and swarm robotics research, giving him a rare mix of systems, robotics, and applied ML experience. Known for shipping end-to-end prototypes—from Unity VR education tools to resilient field systems—he combines startup grit with rigorous academic training and a clear focus on scaling visual understanding to real-world, long-duration data.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
S25, S25 at Y Combinator
Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Computer Science, Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Computer Science at University of Cambridge
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Physics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Physics at The University of British Columbia
English, French, Persian