Scout
YC W23San Francisco, US · Founded 2023 · 3 employees · Hiring · 6 known investors
Scout produces personalized audio news summaries in podcast format, delivering industry and interest-based updates to users during commutes and exercise.
Also known as Meru · Prompt · PromptBidder · Social Radar
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W23)
Scout was founded in 2023 by Rohan Arora and Venkat Krishnan.
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Rohan Arorain𝕏FounderRohan Arora worked at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on machine learning operations and modeling, and studied bioengineering at UC Berkeley.
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Venkat KrishnaninFounderVenkat Krishnan was CTO at Social Radar and previously worked on AI for Tesla Autopilot. He studied Computer Engineering at UCSB, where he focused on adversarial robustness and hardware acceleration of transformer models.
Investors · 6
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2 people who came through Scout went on to found or lead other companies.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Scout do?
- Scout produces personalized audio news summaries in podcast format, delivering industry and interest-based updates to users during commutes and exercise.
- Who founded Scout?
- Scout was founded by Rohan Arora, Venkat Krishnan in 2023.
- Who are Scout's investors?
- Scout's investors include Y Combinator, Align Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, Decisive Point, Draper Associates, Evolution VC Partners.
- Where is Scout headquartered?
- Scout is headquartered in San Francisco, US.