Jeevika Makani

Jeevika Makani is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Top Road, an artificial intelligence startup based in Sydney, Australia. The company participated in the Y Combinator W22 batch in 2022, focusing on developing infrastructure to monetize custom GPTs for software developers. Prior to Top Road, she held risk and operations roles at early-stage technology companies, including the Y Combinator S17-backed rental marketplace Fat Llama and the emerging markets financial technology firm Lendable. She also co-founded the circular economy venture re-mint and currently serves as a Non Executive Director. Makani earned an economics degree from the University of Melbourne and completed her Master of Business Administration at INSEAD between 2019 and 2020. Her career centers on scaling early-stage ventures, transitioning from operational leadership in financial technology marketplaces to executive management in the generative artificial intelligence sector.