Anant Asthana is Co-Founder of Ekpa, a Y Combinator-backed startup building autonomous research agents for retail trading, helping everyday investors make smarter, data-driven decisions.

Anant studied at MIT, where he developed a strong foundation in mathematics, science, and AI, earning national and state-level recognition in STEM competitions.

Anant is driven by the belief that institutional-grade investment research should be accessible to all retail investors, not just Wall Street professionals.

At Ekpa, Anant co-leads product and engineering alongside co-founder Yuga Patel, building an AI-powered platform that connects to brokerage accounts and delivers personalized research drawn from news, analyst ratings, SEC filings, and economic data.

Accepted into Y Combinator's prestigious Summer 2026 batch, Ekpa is actively building its waitlist and positioning itself at the forefront of the agentic finance revolution in consumer investing.