# Rounak Adhikary

> Rounak Adhikary is a 23-year-old founder and CEO of ProjectX (YC X26), a San Francisco-based startup building Infinity - the first cloud-native distributed OS that lets users run GPU-intensive apps like Blender, DaVinci Resolve, and Unreal Engine from any browser, on any device, with under 20ms latency and no setup required. Born in Kalyani, West Bengal, India, he started his first tech consulting company at 19, won the World Trade Center Innovation Award at IIT Bombay's Eureka! competition against 17,000+ startups, and went on to represent India at Princeton's Tiger Launch. Backed by Google Cloud and Y Combinator, ProjectX aims to make infinite compute accessible to anyone, anywhere.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at ProjectX (YC X26)
- **Organizations:** ProjectX, Y Combinator, Woldix, Stanford ASES India, Draper University
- **From:** Kalyani, India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Bachelor's in Interaction Design, Lovely Professional University, Certification in Human Computer Interaction, IIT Bombay, Social Psychology Honors, Wesleyan University
- **Known for:** Accepted into Y Combinator X26 batch (Spring 2026), World Trade Center Innovation Award at IIT Bombay Eureka! (17,000+ competing startups across Asia), Represented India at Tiger Launch - world's largest student-run entrepreneurship competition at Princeton University

## Career timeline

- **2021** — Founded Woldix, a tech consulting company, at age 19 to fund his cloud computing vision
- **2022** — Founded ProjectX.Cloud as CEO and Founder
- **2023** — Won World Trade Center Innovation Award at Eureka! IIT Bombay against 17,000+ startups
- **2023** — Raised $204K seed funding (December 2023)
- **2024** — Secured Google Cloud grant of Rs 1.7 Cr ($200K in infrastructure support)
- **2024** — Represented India at Tiger Launch at Princeton University
- **2024** — Launched Infinity - cloud-native distributed OS for GPU apps
- **2026** — Accepted into Y Combinator X26 (Spring 2026) batch
- **2026** — Announced Infinity: 'Run any app on any device with <20ms latency, no setup required'

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator X26 batch (Spring 2026)
- World Trade Center Innovation Award at IIT Bombay Eureka! (17,000+ competing startups across Asia)
- Represented India at Tiger Launch - world's largest student-run entrepreneurship competition at Princeton University
- Secured $200,000 Google Cloud infrastructure grant
- Selected as India's best student startup
- Built Infinity OS: 70% cheaper than Citrix, AWS VDI with <20ms latency

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Y Combinator X26 batch acceptance confirmed; pursuing $3M seed funding
- **2026-02** — Launched Infinity OS announcement on X/Twitter: browser-native GPU app platform with <20ms latency
- **2024-07** — Business Standard coverage of Infinity launch to eliminate digital divide
- **2023-12** — Raised $204K seed funding

## Links

- Website: https://projectx.cloud
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rounakadhikary/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Rounacc
- GitHub: https://github.com/rounak-adhikary
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rounacccc/

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Last updated: 2026-05-13