Dhanya is Co-Founder at Aegis (YC X25), an AI platform that automates insurance denial appeals for healthcare providers, hospitals, and medical billing groups. The company raised a $9M seed round led by Emergence Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Creandum, and 20VC.

Dhanya studied Computer Science and Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University, graduating in 2026. She previously interned as a Software Engineer at Meta working on the VR Platform Horizon, and at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Dhanya was an investor at Pocket Fund and previously co-founded Styl AI, a fashion recommendation app that was successfully acquired. She was recognized in the Mayfield x Divot AI List alongside 50 founders, researchers, and operators pushing boundaries in AI.

Dhanya is a seasoned full-stack engineer who has built production systems at three companies. At Aegis, she and her co-founders cut the cost of appealing a denial by 80% and reduce filing time from 2+ hours to under 2 minutes.

Aegis addresses the $260B+ annual loss US healthcare providers face from denied claims, with fewer than 15% of denials appealed despite over 50% of appeals being successful. The platform integrates with EHRs, clearinghouses, and payer portals to automate the entire appeals process end-to-end.