Bollywood dance teammates raised $5.3 million for their Y Combinator AI startup. Read their pitch deck.

Two graduates from the University of Michigan, who first crossed paths as members of a Bollywood dance team, have successfully raised $5.3 million in seed funding through Y Combinator. Vihaar Nandigala and Kishan Sripada, both just 23 years old, co-founded Orange Slice, a sales product that leverages AI to create prospecting spreadsheets based on sales prompts and real-time web data. The inception of Orange Slice stemmed from a fundamental challenge in sales: not just crafting messages, but pinpointing the right contacts to engage. Their service is designed for a range of clients, including sales engineers, and has already attracted early users among fellow Y Combinator startups, such as Novoflow and Pirros. The seed round was co-led by 1984Ventures and Moxxie Ventures, with notable angel investor Paul Graham also contributing. Nandigala revealed that the funding will primarily be allocated towards expanding their engineering team. The entrepreneurial journey for Nandigala and Sripada began when they were still college seniors, leading them to apply to Y Combinator. Initially, they were advised to complete their studies before reapplying. They returned for the subsequent batch in the summer of 2025, dedicating much of their final semester to developing their startup. Reflecting on that time, Nandigala admitted, "I don't remember any of my classes my last semester of college — I don't think I was the best student. Fundamentally, we were still working on the business full-time." Nandigala, who is now the CEO of Orange Slice, previously founded a ghost kitchen venture, KitchenKonnect, at the age of 19 and interned as a summer analyst at JPMorgan. Sripada, serving as the CTO, has his background in developing choreography software with his startup Formi and gained experience as a software engineering intern at Ramp. The duo is now set to pave the way for further growth with their innovative approach to sales prospecting.