Advith Chelikani

Advith Chelikani is the Co-founder and CEO of Pylon, a B2B customer support platform based in San Francisco, California. Under his leadership, the company graduated from the Y Combinator Winter 2023 batch and has raised over $20 million in total funding. This capital includes a $17 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz in April 2024, following an initial $3.2 million seed investment. Before launching Pylon, Chelikani worked as a Software Engineer at the cloud data management company Rubrik, where he developed his expertise in enterprise software and infrastructure. He also studied computer science at Stanford University, gaining early experience in full-stack development and artificial intelligence. His current focus centers on scaling AI-driven workflow automation and enterprise communication tools for the B2B SaaS sector.