# Vihaar Nandigala

> Vihaar Nandigala is the cofounder and CEO of Orange Slice, a San Francisco company building AI-assisted sales research and enrichment software. A University of Michigan alumnus and former J.P. Morgan summer analyst, he previously built KitchenKonnect, matching unused restaurant kitchen space with customers who needed it.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Orange Slice
- **Organizations:** Orange Slice, KitchenKonnect, J.P. Morgan
- **Education:** University of Michigan
- **Known for:** Built and sold KitchenKonnect, according to his public founder interviews., Cofounded a company accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2025., Orange Slice raised a $5.3 million seed round co-led by 1984 Ventures and Moxxie Ventures.

## Career timeline

- **Age 16** — Began experimenting with mobile-game development and taught himself to code, according to his interview.
- **Age 19** — Describes selling KitchenKonnect customer lists to a restaurant-chain customer; the precise transaction date is not independently established.
- **2024** — Worked as a J.P. Morgan summer analyst.
- **2025** — Cofounded Orange Slice with Kishan Sripada; the company joined Y Combinator Summer 2025.
- **2026** — Orange Slice announced $5.3 million in seed financing in February.

## Achievements

- Built and sold KitchenKonnect, according to his public founder interviews.
- Cofounded a company accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2025.
- Orange Slice raised a $5.3 million seed round co-led by 1984 Ventures and Moxxie Ventures.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Orange Slice announced a $5.3 million seed round.
- **2026-03** — Orange Slice published an engineering essay advocating code-based workflow execution and focused subagents.

## Links

- Website: https://www.orangeslice.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vihaar-nandigala/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/VihaarNandigala

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