Pain Adhit Sankaran
| Adhit Sankaran | |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, software executive |
|---|---|
| Known for | Co-founder and CEO of Janet AI |
Adhit Sankaran is an American entrepreneur and software executive who is the co-founder and CEO of Janet AI (also known as Tryjanet), an artificial intelligence-based project management platform described as an "AI-native Jira." The company, based in San Francisco, California, was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch.[1]
Career
Sankaran co-founded Janet AI in 2025 alongside William Barthell. The company develops an intelligent ticket management system that uses artificial intelligence to automatically create, update, and organize software development issues and tasks, replacing the manual workflows associated with traditional project management tools such as Jira.[2]
Janet AI's core functionality centers on auto-tracking work across multiple communication channels. The platform integrates with tools commonly used by modern software teams, including Slack, Discord, SMS, email, and GitHub. Rather than requiring team members to manually log and update tickets, Janet AI monitors these channels and autonomously manages the lifecycle of issues — creating new tickets when tasks are identified, updating existing ones as work progresses, and organizing them within the project workspace.
Key features of the platform include an AI chat assistant accessible through the company's dashboard, Slack, or SMS, allowing users to manage tasks through natural language conversation. The system also offers two-way, real-time synchronization with coding agent tools and GitHub, enabling developers to manage issues directly from their coding environments without context-switching. Janet AI identifies code changes and automatically moves or creates corresponding issues in the project management system.
The company was accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2025 (S25) batch. At the time of its YC participation, Janet AI had approximately two employees and operated as a business-to-business (B2B) company. As of early 2026, the company was actively hiring founding engineers in San Francisco, with compensation packages ranging from $140,000 to $260,000 in salary plus equity.[3]
Janet AI's early users include other YC-backed startups. Testimonials from founders of companies such as Koyal (YC F25) and Slashy (YC S25) have cited the platform's ability to integrate directly with existing workflows and keep tickets synchronized with high development velocity as notable advantages.
References
- ↑ "Janet AI". 'Janet AI}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Janet AI". 'Janet AI}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Tryjanet Feature". 'Huge Magazine}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.