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Overstand Labs

4+ employeesSeed raised
Navigate any set of data - no matter how large - in minutes.

Navigate any set of data - no matter how large - in minutes.

YC W25

About the Company

At Overstand, we're building the on-demand data team for modern companies — pulling together everything a business knows so it can answer questions, validate ideas, and automate actions confidently.

Tech Stack

We builds end-to-end AI systems that turn messy enterprise data into actionable reasoning and workflows. We operate at the intersection of data engineering, AI systems, and product.

What We Build

  • Unified data foundation combining structured data (CRM, ERP, SQL) with unstructured data (emails, Slack, calls, PDFs)
  • Large-scale AI reasoning pipelines (not single prompts): parallelized LLM execution, structured outputs, caching, and auditability
  • Human-in-the-loop systems where executives can review, override, and guide AI conclusions
  • Forward-deployed solutions that start as customer-specific and get generalized into platform primitives

Core Stack

  • Python (primary language)
  • Distributed data processing (PySpark-style workloads)
  • LLM orchestration with schema-validated outputs and retries
  • SQL + analytical storage for large, evolving datasets
  • React + TypeScript for data-dense, executive-facing UIs
  • Cloud-native infrastructure with strong observability and cost control

Engineers at Overstand own problems end-to-end — from vague customer pain to production AI systems used by decision-makers.

Founders

Derrick Cheng
Derrick Cheng

Co-Founder of Overstand Labs | Ex-Meta | AI @ Berkeley

Mihir Patil
Mihir Patil

Co-founder of Overstand Labs. California Native. Ex-Palantir. Faculty @ NYU. Go Bears!

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