Current Quest: Akshay Akula at NQB8 and Flex Capital
The newest chapter of Akshay Akula's career, starting June 2026. In the portfolio town this is the Current Quest district: NQB8's colonial house with the Washington Monument and the D.C. skyline behind it, and Flex Capital's X-shaped office with the Golden Gate Bridge.
Both offices have a mini game: review startup pitches in Deal Flow at Flex Capital, or stack milestones to build a company from zero at NQB8.
Current roles
Hacker in Residence, NQB8 (June 2026 to present)
Full-time at NQB8, a technical venture studio.
AI Engineer, AI & Agent Strategy, Flex Capital (June 2026 to present)
Working on AI and agent strategy at Flex Capital.
About Akshay Akula
Akshay Akula is an AI engineer and founder based in the Washington DC-Baltimore area. His main work is full-time as Hacker in Residence at NQB8, a technical venture studio. He also works on AI and agent strategy at Flex Capital and is the founder and principal engineer of Vonar.ai, an enterprise voice AI company serving government and defense customers. He previously worked as a software engineer at Arkestro and earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech in 2022.