# Advith Chelikani

> Advith Chelikani is co-founder of Pylon. Pylon API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Pylon.

Advith Chelikani co-founded Pylon with Robert Eng, whom he met at Caltech, and Marty Kausas, whom they met through the Kleiner Perkins Fellowship. He worked as a software engineer before starting the company.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/advith/

## What Advith builds

- [Pylon API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pylon.md), graded C, 54.4/100, in Customer support & helpdesk. B2B support platform built around Slack, Teams and email channels, with a REST API over issues, accounts, contacts and messages, and an official hosted MCP server with 90 tools. Co-founder, Pylon, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Marty Kausas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/marty-kausas/), Co-founder and CEO, Pylon
- [Robert Eng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/robert-eng/), Co-founder, Pylon

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)
- [Horizon VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/horizon-vc/)
- [AirAngels](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/airangels/)
- [Comma Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/comma-capital/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bain-capital-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is Advith Chelikani?

Advith Chelikani co-founded Pylon with Robert Eng, whom he met at Caltech, and Marty Kausas, whom they met through the Kleiner Perkins Fellowship. He worked as a software engineer before starting the company.

### What does Pylon make?

Anchor Terminal lists Pylon API + MCP from Pylon. B2B support platform built around Slack, Teams and email channels, with a REST API over issues, accounts, contacts and messages, and an official hosted MCP server with 90 tools.

### Who has invested in Pylon?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Horizon VC, AirAngels, Comma Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Ventures.

### How are Advith's tools graded?

Pylon API + MCP is graded C, 54.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.usepylon.com/
- https://www.usepylon.com/about
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pylon-2

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