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Harsha Vankayalapati

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📍 Greater Chicago Area

Harsha Vankayalapati is the Co-Founder & CEO of AgentWeb, a Y Combinator-backed startup focused on helping businesses scale with Agentic AI. A Vanderbilt University alumnus, he previously worked as a Software Engineer at Microsoft and co-founded another YC company, Thread.

He is a member of Founders Pledge, a global community of entrepreneurs who commit a percentage of their personal proceeds to social causes. Harsha is passionate about leveraging technology for both business growth and social impact.

Unique fact: His current venture, AgentWeb, is building "Emma," an AI designed to be the last marketer a company will ever need to hire.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Founders Pledge Member
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Chicago Area
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Agentic AI
His company, AgentWeb, is dedicated to helping fast-growing startups scale their operations by utilizing Agentic AI.
AI Foundation Models
He actively discusses the evolution of open-source AI, comparing the cost and performance of various foundation models in the market.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Founders Pledge Member
Founders Pledge
4-2025
Co-Founder & CEO
AgentWeb
1-2023 - 4-2025
Co-Founder
Thread
8-2019 - 12-2022
Software Engineer
Microsoft
5-2018 - 8-2018
Software Development Intern
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Education
1-2023 - 4-2023
W23
Y Combinator
Bachelor's degree
Vanderbilt University
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