# Kushal Byatnal

> Kushal Byatnal is co-founder of Extend. Extend API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Extend.

Kushal Byatnal co-founded Extend, a document processing company from Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch. Byatnal was an early engineer at Brex and then co-founded Stir, a creator fintech company that grew to hundreds of millions of dollars in payment volume.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kushal-byatnal-92a33085/
- X: https://x.com/kushalbyatnal

## What Kushal builds

- [Extend API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/extend.md), graded B, 62.9/100, in Document parsing & extraction. Hosted parse, extract, classify, split and PDF form-fill APIs with versioned processors, evaluation sets and workflows. Co-founder, Extend, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Eli Badgio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eli-badgio/), Co-founder, Extend

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Innovation Endeavors](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/innovation-endeavors/)
- [Homebrew](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/homebrew/)
- [Character](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/character/)
- [Scott Belsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scott-belsky/)
- [Guillermo Rauch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/guillermo-rauch/)

## Questions

### Who is Kushal Byatnal?

Kushal Byatnal co-founded Extend, a document processing company from Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch. Byatnal was an early engineer at Brex and then co-founded Stir, a creator fintech company that grew to hundreds of millions of dollars in payment volume.

### What does Extend make?

Anchor Terminal lists Extend API + MCP from Extend. Hosted parse, extract, classify, split and PDF form-fill APIs with versioned processors, evaluation sets and workflows.

### Who has invested in Extend?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Innovation Endeavors, Homebrew, Character, Scott Belsky and Guillermo Rauch.

### How are Kushal's tools graded?

Extend API + MCP is graded B, 62.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/extend
- https://www.extend.ai/

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