Profile
Bikram Brar
Bikram Brar is a founding engineer at a YC startup in San Francisco. I build AI agents and the products around them. Previously a founder (Mysti, Air, Astra) and a senior product manager (ODAIA), after starting out as a business analyst at BMO.
Selected projects
- AirA voice-driven computer-use agent for macOS. 1st place, YC Agent Jam ’25.
- AstraYour day, handled before you ask.
- SongbirdOne canvas for you and your agent.
- Codex ChatA native macOS client for Codex.
- VoiceCalAn AI receptionist for clinics.
Hackathons
- 1st placeYC Agent Jam ’25, Nov 2025
- 2nd placeAngelList hackathon, Oct 2025
- 1st placeAeternity hackathon, Sep 2025
Career
- Founding EngineerA YC startup, 2026 – present
- FounderAir · Astra · Songbird, Oct 2025 – 2026
- Founder & CTOMysti, Jan 2024 – Sep 2025
- Senior Product ManagerODAIA, Dec 2022 – Dec 2023
- Associate Manager, TechnologyGale, Dec 2020 – Nov 2022
- Product ManagerEmpire Life, Mar 2020 – Dec 2020
- Senior Business AnalystBMO Financial Group, Jun 2017 – Mar 2020