Shailesh is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and Y Combinator. He is a serial entrepreneur whose stint with entrepreneurship started at age 20. Before launching Polysynth, he built ventures such as Mintzone, Innov8 Coworking(acquired by OYO Rooms) and YoloBus (acquired by Ease My Trip Ltd.). He also served as the Head of Product at Embibe (acquired by Reliance JIO) and as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Khosla Labs. Shailesh made it to the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018 and is amongst a rare breed of entrepreneurs who have built ventures across multiple industries with successful outcomes in all of them.

Paritosh is a 3rd-year Aerospace Engineering dropout and passionate about tech. He built the FADAC system for the Army’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and also participated in NASA’s Lunar Rover Vehicle competition while still being a student. Before building Polysynth, he built ventures such as Noisyox (an AI-enabled events and activities discovery platform), Meet University (a Times Internet Funded Platform), and Totality Corp (the pioneers of real money casual games), with all three of them being profitable. He also developed White Label lead management solutions licensed to MNCs and Corporate Giants. Paritosh last served as the CTO of YoloBus, where he and Shailesh met.