Kush Agarwal
Kush Agarwal is the co-founder and chief executive of Aviern, an uncrewed cargo aircraft startup in Y Combinator’s Fall 2026 batch. He studied aerospace engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was president of the student drone club UAS@UCLA.
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Early Years
Kush Agarwal holds a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he says he taught drone engineering.[1]
He served as VP of Software of the student organization UAS@UCLA (Uncrewed Aerial Systems at UCLA); the dates of that role are not given.[2]
He says that before AviernAviernAviern is a U.S. company developing unmanned cargo aircraft for commercial air freight and defense logistics.Open the full entry he worked in drone operations at Matter Intelligence and on AI agent integration at Fetch.ai.[1]
2024–25 School Year: President of UAS@UCLA
In the 2024–25 school year he was president of UAS@UCLA and, in that role, wrote the opening letter of the club’s sponsorship proposal.[3]
2026Co-founding Aviern
He co-founded Aviern, a developer of uncrewed cargo aircraft, with Arvin SinghArvin SinghArvin Singh is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Aviern, an uncrewed cargo aircraft startup in Y Combinator’s Fall 2026 batch. A University of California, Los Angeles alumnus, he led subteams in the university’s Design Build Fly club.Open the full entry; Agarwal is chief executive and Singh chief technology officer.[4]
The company was founded in 2026 in Los Angeles and joined Y Combinator’s Fall 2026 batch (F26).[5]
Its A600 aircraft is designed to carry 600 pounds over 600 miles, with first flight targeted for late 2027.[4]