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Abhi Arya

Founder

Co-Founder and CTO at Opennote

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedOpennote · YC

About

Abhi Arya is co-founder and CTO of Opennote, an AI-powered learning platform that consolidates lecture materials, notes, and readings while providing contextual explanations and practice tools for students.

Co-Founder and CTO at OpennoteYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Abhi went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Opennote's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Abhi can intro founders to Opennote's investors below.

Opennote's investors · 5

Afore CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksSancus VenturesSan FranciscoScript CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Opennote

RSRishi Srihari
Rishi SrihariFounder
VVVedant Vyas
Vedant VyasFounder

Experience

  1. Reductoengineeringcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Opennoteco-founder & cto2024 — 2026San Francisco, CA
  3. Browserbasesoftware2025San Francisco, CA
  4. UCI CubeSatavionics lead2023 — 2025Irvine, CA
  5. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administrationsoftware2024Johnson Space Center
  6. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administrationresearch2023 — 2024Johnson Space Center
  7. UC Irvinesoftware2024Irvine, CA

Skills & more

Languages English · Hindi

From Abhi's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Abhi Arya?
Abhi Arya is co-founder and CTO of Opennote, an AI-powered learning platform that consolidates lecture materials, notes, and readings while providing contextual explanations and practice tools for students.
Where does Abhi Arya work?
Abhi Arya is Co-Founder and CTO of Opennote.
What companies did Abhi Arya found?
Abhi Arya founded Opennote.
Where did Abhi Arya go to school?
Abhi Arya studied at Y Combinator (S25); UC Irvine (B.S. Computer Science and Engineering + Math Minor); Fairmont Preparatory Academy (High School Diploma).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

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UC Irvine mafia39

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Browserbase mafia5

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Reducto mafia3

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Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital

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Also attended UC Irvine120

Christian BuergerPortfolio Development at Intel CapitalJonathan GiegCommunity Manager at Pantera CapitalRyan LaurinManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersPascal KroteePrincipal, Ph.D. at RiverVest Venture PartnersZack IsaacsonVenture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpCameron BaharVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, Llc

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Also attended Fairmont Preparatory Academy2

Rishi SharmaInvestor at Newlin VenturesArya MarwahaFounder & CEO at Contrario

Shared employers

Also worked at Reducto5

Jennifer LiPartner at Andreessen HorowitzAdit AbrahamFounder at ReductoRaunak ChowdhuriFounder at ReductoRishi SrihariFounder at OpennoteVedant VyasFounder at Opennote

Also worked at Opennote4

Maitree Mervana ParekhPrincipal at Acrew CapitalMaitree MervanaInvestor at aCrew CapitalRishi SrihariFounder at OpennoteVedant VyasFounder at Opennote

Also worked at Browserbase10

Dan CahanaPrincipal on the Investment Team at Notable Capital, focused on Cloud Infrastructure & AIGlenn SolomonInvestor at GGV CapitalReid ChristianGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Shaad KhanInvestor at Afore CapitalSumeet SinghPartner at Andreessen HorowitzAli RohdeCo-Founder and General Partner at Outset Capital

+ 4 more

Also worked at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration104

HariFellow at Clear VenturesSai SenthilkumarPartner at Redpoint VenturesJoe FlahertyDirector, Content & Community at Founder CollectiveJim BridenstineManaging Partner, Artemis Group at Cortado VenturesGabe ShermanPresident, Artemis Group at Cortado VenturesLinda CuretonBoard Member at Maryland TEDCO

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