Founder Coffee with Ankur Dahama: From Hervanta to YC

​How to get into YC? How to handle the brutal pressure of being a founder? How to know when to pivot vs. keep pushing?

​Ankur Dahama is a second-time founder currently building Userlens (YC), an AI platform for enterprise customer retention. Previously, he co-founded Wudpecker, scaling the AI productivity tool to over 20,000 teams.

​Join us for an open conversation on startup execution, AI products, and lessons from Y Combinator. The topics are intentionally broad to leave room for open discussion.

​Discussion Themes iclude:

• ​Building & Scaling: Key takeaways from moving between startup #1 (Wudpecker) and #2 (Userlens).

• ​The YC Experience: Mindset shifts, batch dynamics, and lessons from the accelerator.

• ​Early Execution: Finding traction, talking to users, and iterating fast in AI.

• ​Open Q&A: Direct audience discussion on founder realities and early-stage trade-offs.

​Join us to the first Founder Coffee in the fall 2026!