Akash Pavan

Akash Pavan is the Co-founder and CEO of Chasi, a Y Combinator W26 startup providing an AI concierge service for equipment sales, service, and rentals. His background includes being part of the founding team and General Manager at Axion Ray, where he led AI deployments for major industrial companies, with experience based out of Bengaluru, India. Akash has hands-on experience building race cars, robots, and complex industrial automation systems, bringing deep domain expertise to equipment industry automation.

Chasi is a New York-based startup founded in 2025 by Akash Pavan (CEO) as part of Y Combinator W26. The company provides an AI concierge service for equipment sales, service, and rentals. Akash's background includes being part of the founding team and General Manager at Axion Ray, where he led AI deployments for major industrial companies with some work based out of Bengaluru, India. He has experience building race cars, robots, and complex industrial automation systems. Chasi's AI concierge helps equipment businesses automate customer interactions and streamline sales processes.