ADITYA MAHNA

Aditya Mahna is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Candytrail, an early-stage B2B sales software company based in Ithaca, New York. He established the enterprise technology startup as a participant in the Y Combinator Summer 2025 accelerator program. At Candytrail, Mahna currently directs the organization's product strategy, technical execution, and commercial growth initiatives alongside a small founding team. Prior to his current venture, he studied computer science at Cornell University before departing the Ivy League institution at age 19 to focus entirely on software development and entrepreneurship. During this initial period, he independently engineered and marketed an artificial intelligence-powered consumer fitness application, successfully scaling the platform to a base of over 100,000 users. Mahna's career trajectory highlights a distinct focus on applying artificial intelligence and full-stack software engineering to rapidly scale both consumer-facing mobile applications and enterprise sales platforms.