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Saphira AI

Summer 2024 · Active

Vanta for Hardware

Location: San Francisco, US

Founded: 2024

Team size: 6

About

Saphira is the easiest way for hardware products to get safety certified and reach market faster, such as industrial robots and heavy machinery.

Founders

  • Akshay ChalanaFounder

    Co-Founder, CEO - Saphira AI - Automating Safety+Systems Engineering: ex-Citadel (real-time trading workflow configuration), Apple (pb-scale dataset management for Siri and Vision Pro), Tesla (made sure batteries didn't explode in the heat of the sun), Meta (PyTorch/ONNX), Hyperloop (blew up and crashed pods)

  • Oscar AvatareFounder

    Saphira AI (S24) Formerly at Amazon and Twitter. Passionate about helping the next generation of innovative hardware companies build safe and compliant products faster. Per aspera ad astra.