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Ayush Garg

Pioneer · DISC type dsi
Founder at AnswerThis
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Ayush Garg is the founder of AnswerThis. io, a YC F25 company enhancing research with AI. His entrepreneurial journey began at 14, building open-source tools for scientists. A student of the University of Richmond, he has a background in natural language processing and focuses on building lean, impactful technology.

Outside of his startup, Ayush champions a culture of well-being and efficient decision-making over startup "hustle". He previously developed technology to help sensitize the elderly to scams in Singapore, an initiative he presented to the countrys president, Halimah Yacob.

Unique fact: Before founding his company, he developed a command-line tool for researchers that was downloaded over 70, 000 times.

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Experience
3 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Ayush shows up

Friendly But Fast
Driven But Considerate
Decisive But Friendly

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)

Priorities

Topics Ayush cares about

AI in Research
His company, AnswerThis. io, is dedicated to helping researchers find and analyze academic papers 10x faster using AI-powered tools.
Lean Startup Culture
Explicitly posts about building a culture that celebrates efficient decision-making and well-being, rather than glorifying overwork and "sleeping on office floors".
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Founder
AnswerThis
9-2025
Official Member
Forbes Business Council
1-2023 - 4-2024
Research Assistant
University of Richmond
2-2021 - 2-2024
Lead Dev | Pygetpapers
Pygetpapers
9-2021 - 3-2022
Lead Developer
Lion Befrienders
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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