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Abhi Balijepalli

Founder

Founder at CopyCat AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedCopyCat AI · YC

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594 people in our graph share verified history with Abhi — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Karthik ChakkarapaniunlockedAbhi: together at Cisco (2021)

×10Abhi: together at Y Combinator

Abhi: together at Zoom

About

Abhi Balijepalli is a co-founder at CopyCat and previously worked as an engineer at Zoom.

Founder at CopyCat AI YC W25

Intro paths

YC

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

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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran CopyCat AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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

CopyCat AI's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at CopyCat AI

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Graham Sabin

Graham SabinFounder

Experience

CopyCat AICTO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
PlatterCo-Founder2023 — 2024Bellevue, Washington, United States
ZoomSoftware Engineer2022 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
PondrFounding Engineer2021United States
CiscoSoftware Engineer2021San Jose, California, United States
Oregon State UniversityUndergraduate Researcher2019Johnson hall, Bioengineering Lab
Aerojet RocketdynePropulsion Engineer2017Redmond, Washington, United States

Skills & more

Commercial Insurance1Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Property and Casualty Insurance1Insurance Brokerage1Python (Programming Language)13Linux6C++11Engineering7

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Abhi Balijepalli?: Abhi Balijepalli is a co-founder at CopyCat and previously worked as an engineer at Zoom.
Where does Abhi Balijepalli work?: Abhi Balijepalli is Founder of CopyCat AI.
What companies did Abhi Balijepalli found?: Abhi Balijepalli founded CopyCat AI.
Where did Abhi Balijepalli go to school?: Abhi Balijepalli studied at Y Combinator; Oregon State University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Tesla STEM High School.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3 Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1 Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y Combinator Alexis OhanianPartnerFounded Reddit Fred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1 Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1

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Cisco mafia166

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sujay JaswaCorporate DevelopmentFounded Superunlimited +2 Russ d'SaEngineerFounded Meetyu +2 Val AgostinoSr. Director, Head of Product and GrowthFounded Monarch +2 Marc AustinHead of Automation Strategy and Growth for Cisco Internet for the FutureFounded Hedgehog +2 Dug SongGeneral Manager, Zero Trust & Duo SecurityFounded Duo Security (Link +1 Aye MoahUser Interface DesignerFounded Baydin +1

+ 159 more

Oregon State University mafia44

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Mike WaxVisiting ScholarFounded KONUX +1 Erik LanderholmBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded CarWoo +1 Tommy McClungBSFounded CarWoo +1 Jeffrey Bland, PhDFounded Big Bold Health Holdings PBC +1 Francisco J. MartinPostdocFounded AccuShoot +1 George HuffBSFounded Opal Labs +1

+ 37 more

Zoom mafia7

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Houman HaghighiInvestorFounded Techstars Matt OckoAngel Investor, advisorFounded Dcvc Matt NishHead of Design, BonsaiFounded Bonsai Raagulan PathyHead of Enterprise, APACFounded KAST Brison MoorheadAccount Executive, BonsaiFounded Capveon Pankaj PrasadHead of Zoom Events + Webinar productFounded Airwave

Tesla STEM High School mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Graham SabinFounded CopyCat AI Aayush ShethHigh SchoolFounded Metis

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Subomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of Convoy Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital Victor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Oregon State University120

Mandy CulverInvestor at Next Frontier Capital Elliot HershbergScientist, Writer, and Investor on a mission to accelerate The Century of Biology Paula MariwalaGeneral Partner Advisor at Beyond Capital Ventures Shane WallPartner & President of CXO Network at Fusion Brooke PollackManaging Partner at Hutt Capital Maurice GundersonManaging Director Emeritus at Autotech Ventures

+ 114 more

Also attended Tesla STEM High School3

Thomas StahuraAnalyst at Ascend Venture Capital Graham SabinFounder at CopyCat Aayush ShethFounder at Metis

Shared employers

Also worked at CopyCat AI1

Graham SabinFounder at CopyCat

Also worked at Platter1

Graham SabinFounder at CopyCat

Also worked at Zoom39

Houman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo Ventures Ryan AzusFormer Chief Revenue Officer at Zoom Video Communications at Scale Venture Partners Juliette PetitChief of Staff at Keen Venture Partners Quinn LiSenior Vice President & Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures at Qualcomm Ventures JimManaging partner of Maven Ventures, a consumer-focused micro-VC fund and incubator in Palo Alto ChrisInvestor at Perceptive Ventures Management Company, Llc

+ 33 more

Also worked at Pondr2

Thomas StahuraAnalyst at Ascend Venture Capital Graham SabinFounder at CopyCat