Samika Sanghvi

Samika Sanghvi is the Co-founder of Iris, an artificial intelligence software startup currently participating in the Y Combinator Fall 2025 batch. At Iris, she develops an AI-powered digital assistant designed to automate personal productivity tasks like scheduling and email synchronization, targeting a 20% to 30% reduction in daily user workload. The company's technical development is supported by notable industry veterans, including Siri founder Adam Cheyer as a strategic advisor and a founding engineer from the original Siri team serving as a technical advisor. Prior to launching Iris alongside her co-founder Siddhant Lad, Sanghvi previously founded a separate technology venture focused on building scalable enterprise agents. Her current professional focus centers on engineering consumer AI applications that integrate deterministic logic with adaptive large language model reasoning to streamline complex daily workflows for modern professionals.