# Akshaya Dinesh

> AI-native product leader

AI-native product leader with 6+ years shipping products across startups and scale. Experienced as a 2x acquired founder with a background in product, engineering, and go-to-market.

## Profile Data
- [Profile](https://path.cv/akshaya): Full professional profile
- [facts.json](https://path.cv/akshaya/facts.json): Structured JSON with professional data
- [profile.md](https://path.cv/akshaya/profile.md): Markdown resume
- Last updated: August 2026

## Experience
- Entrepreneur in Residence at Bain Capital Ventures (Jan 2025 – Jan 2026)
- Product Manager at Substack (Jan 2024 – Jan 2025)
- Founder & CEO at Spellbound (Jan 2021 – Jan 2024)
- Co-Founder at Nova (Mar 2020 – Jul 2021)
- Software Engineer Intern at Kitty Hawk Corporation (Jan 2020 – Dec 2020)
- Software Engineer/PM Intern at Microsoft (Jan 2019 – Dec 2019)
- Software Engineer Intern at Bloomberg (Jan 2018 – Dec 2018)

## Skills
Artificial Intelligence, Product Management, Software Engineering, Go-to-Market Strategy, Python, Machine Learning, No-code Development, Mobile App Development, RAG

## Projects
- Research Paper: Published first-author paper in IEEE Xplore on machine learning diagnosis of Parkinson's disease from voice recordings.

## Awards
- Thiel Fellow — Thiel Fellowship (Jan 2021)
- Forbes 30 Under 30 — Forbes (Jan 2021)
- Teen Vogue 21 Under 21 — Teen Vogue (Jan 2021)
- 1st Place, TechCrunch Disrupt NY Hackathon — TechCrunch (Jan 2017)

## Links
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/akshayadinesh)