Founder · Builder · Investor
ANSHVASANI
17, Co-founder/CEO of Wend, solving networking with agentic systems. Prev. youngest analyst at $2.5B VC fund (<1% acceptance). Previously built an EdTech platform that reached 1k+ students across APAC and the US. An OSS project has been incorporated into the latest venture of an ex-YC founder with $80M+ raised. An agentic red team project was recognized by the White House (and awarded $2k). Ethical hacker, with recent disclosure to a YC startup now valued at $500M+. Built a nonprofit tech stack that resulted in >$240k raised for impact initiatives. Up to international awards/wins/placements in investing, economics, AI.
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Projects
Featured projects.
Awards
Recognition.
01
Presidential AI Challenge
State Champion+. Architected, developed, and led a team to present an agentic AI cyber defense system; ranked top ~54 nationally.
02
World Economics Cup
North American Finalist, placed in the top 10 teams on the continent.
03
Husky Investment Competition
1st Place, International. Ranked first globally, receiving a cash prize, for generating over 110% profit on just over 20 event-driven US equity trades over the duration of the competition.
04
Northwestern Economics Tournament
2nd Place, Power Round.
05
National Economics Challenge
3× State Finalist. Top <10 of 250+ teams for three consecutive years (2024–2026).
06
National Personal Finance Challenge
2× State Finalist. Top <10 for two consecutive years (2025–2026).
07
Silicon Valley Investment Bowl
1st Place for Risk Management and 2nd Place Overall (Regional).
08
US Cyber Challenge
Top 100 nationally in the offensive security qualifier.
09
Y Combinator Startup School 2026
In-person attendee, San Francisco, one of the youngest invited.
Writing
Latest posts.
Experience
Where I’ve worked.
May 2026 to Present
Wend
Co-founder & CEO
- ◦Co-founded Wend, an AI-native relationship-intelligence product: a private digital brain for the people in your life, built first for founders.
- ◦Lead product vision, design, and engineering; solo-developed the entire stack and data infrastructure across ingestion, the schema-evolving relationship graph, retrieval and model layer, web and mobile apps, and a browser extension.
- ◦Started May 2026 under A14 Labs; running in production, waitlist open with an early pilot cohort.
Oct 2025 to Present
Fintellect Learning
Co-founder, Tech & Product
- ◦Technical co-founder and solo developer; built and operated Fintellect Learning, our first revenue-generating product, end to end under A14 Labs.
- ◦Built the AI-native learning platform from scratch (Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase/Postgres): an adaptive “FintELO” rating engine, concept-level mastery tracking over a finance/economics knowledge graph, and bilingual English/Chinese routing.
- ◦Built the AI grading and feedback pipeline that cut teacher grading time by ~70%, reaching 1,000+ students across APAC and the U.S.
- ◦Built the internal relationship-graph CRM that became the first version of Wend.
Sep 2025 to Present
GlobalSVF
Nonprofit CTO
- ◦Solo built and maintain the complete technical stack.
- ◦Formed and now manage the long-term tech team, delegating across maintenance and updates.
- ◦Supported partnerships, workflows, communications, and compliance for an organization that has generated over $240k for impact-focused nonprofits across the U.S. through volunteer-driven fundraising and consulting.
Jun 2025 to Apr 2026
1435 Capital Management
Summer Analyst → Venture Analyst
- ◦Reviewed 500+ startup pitches cumulatively.
- ◦Led and participated in 50+ diligence meetings.
- ◦Industry-agnostic VC investments: Seed through Series C, plus secondaries.
- ◦Quarterly LP updates, secondary investment reports, and other due diligence work.
- ◦Attended Silicon Valley startup events including those by The AI Collective and MIT Delta V.
- ◦Began as 1 of 4 Summer Analysts selected from 400+ applicants.
- ◦Firm AUM: $2.5B+.
May 2024 to Present
Stanford OHS Investment Club
President
- ◦Leading the second-largest club at Stanford OHS (~120 members).
- ◦Lead weekly presentations on financial principles, derivatives, and quantitative trading.
- ◦Coached multiple teams for national competitions.
- ◦Facilitated industry-expert guest speakers across finance, corporate compliance, the startup scene, and school alumni in the field.
Contact
Let’s buildsomething.
I am building Wend. I am always glad to talk with investors, design partners, and builders.
© 2026 Ansh Vasani