# Abhilash Chowdhary

> Abhilash Chowdhary is the co-founder and CEO of Crustdata (YC F24), a San Francisco company building real-time B2B data and a search layer for AI agents. A computer science graduate of IIIT Hyderabad, he spent over a decade as a robotics and data engineer at Yahoo, Adobe, Postmates X, and Serve Robotics before turning a bootstrapped side project into a company that raised a $6M seed round led by Y Combinator and A Capital.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Crustdata
- **Organizations:** Crustdata, Serve Robotics, Postmates X, Uber, Robotwits, Adobe, Yahoo, Thinknum, Y Combinator (F24)
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** B.Tech / BS, Computer Science, IIIT Hyderabad, F24 Batch, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Crustdata (YC F24), raising a $6M seed round led by Y Combinator and A Capital, Grew Crustdata revenue from roughly $770K to $4M+ in seven months with zero outbound marketing and a one-person sales team, Bootstrapped Crustdata to profitability at ~97% gross margins before raising

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Moved to the US to pursue a master's degree
- **2015-2018** — Built data intelligence and large-scale systems, including work at Yahoo and Adobe; early US job at Thinknum building a data platform for public investors
- **2018-2020** — Founding robotics engineer at Robotwits, a Carnegie Mellon spin-off later acquired by Waymo
- **2020** — Led robotics at Postmates X, building autonomous delivery robots; acquired by Uber
- **2021-2024** — Led robotics engineering at Serve Robotics from inception through its NASDAQ public listing; teams built one of the largest food-delivery robot fleets, completing 10,000+ deliveries
- **2020-2022** — Started Crustdata as a bootstrapped side project; publicly launched March 2022
- **2023** — Met co-founder via YC co-founder matching (2023); early revenue around $2,000/month at 97% gross margin
- **2024** — Crustdata joins Y Combinator Fall 2024 (F24) cohort
- **2026** — Crustdata closes $6M seed round led by Y Combinator and A Capital

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Crustdata (YC F24), raising a $6M seed round led by Y Combinator and A Capital
- Grew Crustdata revenue from roughly $770K to $4M+ in seven months with zero outbound marketing and a one-person sales team
- Bootstrapped Crustdata to profitability at ~97% gross margins before raising
- Led robotics engineering at Serve Robotics from inception through its NASDAQ listing
- Built the robotics platform for autonomous delivery robots at Postmates X (acquired by Uber)
- Founding robotics engineer at Robotwits, later acquired by Waymo
- Built petabyte-scale data pipelines at Yahoo
- Serves as a judge for the Globee Business Awards (IT and Cybersecurity panels)

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Crustdata closed a $6M seed round led by Y Combinator and A Capital, with participation from General Catalyst, SV Angel, and Phosphor Capital.

## Links

- Website: https://crustdata.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhilashchowdhary/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/TheChowdhary

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Last updated: 2026-08-03