Asankhaya Sharma

I was the co-founder and CTO of Patched (YC S24), where we used generative AI and LLMs to create and validate private, secure and multi-file fixes through open-source workflow automation. Before that, I founded SecuradeAI (2022–2024) through the venture builder cohort of SDTA 23, with the mission to make the world safer, 1 step at a time.

I built OptiLLM and OpenEvolve, open-source projects on inference-time compute techniques that improve LLM reasoning.

From Jan 2019 to Oct 2022, as the site leader for Veracode operations in Singapore, I managed multiple teams across engineering, research, services and sales. Before that, I led the Veracode engineering teams for CA Technologies in Singapore, and earlier was Head of R&D at SourceClear, a VC funded startup acquired by CA Technologies in Apr 2018.

Education and early career

I did my graduate studies as a PhD student affiliated with the Programming Languages and Systems Lab at the School of Computing, NUS. I was supported by NUS Research Scholarship and my advisor was Prof. Chin Wei Ngan. My doctoral thesis was on Certified Reasoning for Automated Verification.

Prior to starting my graduate studies I worked at Microsoft. I was involved in the development of SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2010. I was part of the MSIT Accelerated Professional Experiences program (APEX).

I did my undergraduate studies at National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. For my undergraduate studies, I was a recipient of NIT Warangal Merit Scholarship. At NIT Warangal, I co-founded O(n) Software Labs and Warangal Open Solaris User Group. I graduated high school from KV Shahibaug, Ahmedabad, India. During high school, I was awarded the Arun Lal Endowment Fund Scholarship by Physical Research Laboratory, India.