anshul mahajan
21 y/o engineer, cto at slush
i'm a self taught software engineer based in helsinki, finland.
obsessed with engineering scalable systems and building products that are smooth.
currently turning slush into the world's best startup event platform.
(cool) things i've done
• finalist at national science fair (top 1% of 10,000+)
• founded a startup in 9th grade (€1,000 in angel funding)
• gold medalist at the international astronomy and astrophysics competition (Top 0.1% of 8500+ participants)
• 3x national finalist at RoboCup Junior India
experience
slush
(2023–present)
— software engineer → cto. building the world's leading startup event platform. engineering
the systems behind 25k+ attendees.
aalto university
(2023)
— research assistant. multithreaded event processing. robotics arm control. software ui.
aaltoes
(2022-2023)
— software engineer. built a full stack event management platform for aalto students.
byte club
(2017-2022)
— founding member → co-president. competed with the best high school compsci clubs in new delhi.
auxin
(2019)
— Built an NLP Chrome extension "startup" in 9th grade; raised €1,000 in angel funding.
projects
slush
— engineered a recommendation system increasing CTR by +25%. Built and maintained over 10 projects touching 100k+ users.
lookout
— app to crowdsource grassroots data about municipal services, mapped fast, disparities exposed, cities leveled up. 3rd place The Global Hack (€5000) and MIT Grant (€1000)
pulsato
— AI voice agent that enables employees to have short, meaningful check-in conversations about their wellbeing.
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auxin
(2019)
— Built an NLP Chrome extension "startup" in 9th grade; raised €1,000 in angel funding.