Akhil Iyengar

Akhil Iyengar is the founder of Operand, an early-stage technology startup focused on artificial intelligence and search infrastructure. Prior to establishing the company, he studied computer science and economics at Cornell University. Iyengar ultimately elected to drop out of the Ivy League institution's undergraduate program to pursue software engineering and technology entrepreneurship on a full-time basis. In his current capacity at Operand, he directs the engineering and commercialization of artificial intelligence-powered information retrieval tools tailored for business-to-business software environments. The platform functions within the broader developer tools sector, supplying foundational infrastructure that permits external software engineers to embed advanced search functionalities into their own applications. Iyengar's professional background is defined by his transition from traditional computer science academia to building enterprise-grade developer tools, with a current focus on scaling Operand's artificial intelligence search capabilities.