Vivek Aithal

Vivek Aithal is the Co-founder and CEO of MinusX, building an AI data scientist for analytics tools. A graduate of IIT Kharagpur and UC Berkeley, he previously worked as a Research Engineer at comma.ai, developing open-source autonomous driving agents. His background spans machine learning, data infrastructure, and systems engineering, with early experience as a hacker and debater. At MinusX, backed by Y Combinator, he focuses on creating AI agents that operate software like a human to democratize data analysis.

MinusX is an AI-powered data scientist that integrates directly into analytics tools like Jupyter, Metabase, and Tableau via a Chrome extension. It allows users to analyze data and answer queries through natural language instructions, operating the apps by clicking and typing like a human. Backed by Y Combinator, the startup aims to upgrade existing data tools rather than replacing them.