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Abhi Balijepalli

Founder

Founder at CopyCat

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedCopyCat Β· YC

About

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

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Abhi Balijepalli @a8hi_b

Very large competitor just clicked on our lead wall hoping we wouldn’t notice 🀣

Jul 31, 2026 Β· β™₯ 2

Abhi Balijepalli @a8hi_b

Holy shit @greptile is so good wtf

Jul 29, 2026 Β· β™₯ 9 Β· ⇄ 1

Abhi Balijepalli @a8hi_b

Opus 5 in Claude code is spitting Chinese characters https://t.co/0Ij9v0bMl6 https://t.co/7mIMgcNpc1

Jul 28, 2026 Β· β™₯ 1

Founder at CopyCatYC W25

Intro paths

YC

Abhi went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) β€” 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, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran CopyCat's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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

CopyCat's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at CopyCat

GSGraham Sabin
Graham SabinFounder
SR
Shawn RolphExecutive Officer, Director
DS
David SegelDirector
MS
Mikey ShaughnessyDirector
JR
Joseph ReedDirector
AB
Adam BiedermanDirector

Experience

  1. CopyCat AICTO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. PlatterCo-Founder2023 β€” 2024Bellevue, Washington, United States
  3. ZoomSoftware Engineer2022 β€” 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  4. PondrFounding Engineer2021United States
  5. CiscoSoftware Engineer2021San Jose, California, United States
  6. Oregon State UniversityUndergraduate Researcher2019Johnson hall, Bioengineering Lab
  7. Aerojet RocketdynePropulsion Engineer2017Redmond, Washington, United States

Education

  1. Y Combinator2025
  2. Oregon State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2018 β€” 2022
  3. Tesla STEM High School2014 β€” 2018

Skills & more

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

From Abhi's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,466

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,460 more

Also attended Oregon State University38

Mandy CulverInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalElliot HershbergScientist, Writer, and Investor on a mission to accelerate The Century of BiologyPaula MariwalaGeneral Partner Advisor at Beyond Capital VenturesShane WallPartner & President of CXO Network at FusionMaurice GundersonManaging Director Emeritus at Autotech VenturesAndrew NealonPartner & CTO at Joyance Partners

+ 32 more

Also attended Tesla STEM High School2

Thomas StahuraAnalyst at Ascend Venture CapitalAayush ShethFounder at Metis

Shared employers

Also worked at Zoom32

Pat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalSangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Houman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesRyan AzusFormer Chief Revenue Officer at Zoom Video Communications at Scale Venture PartnersJuliette PetitChief of Staff at Keen Venture PartnersQuinn LiSenior Vice President & Global Head of Qualcomm Ventures at Qualcomm Ventures

+ 26 more

Also worked at Pondr1

Thomas StahuraAnalyst at Ascend Venture Capital

Also worked at Cisco264

Cyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures

+ 258 more

Also worked at Oregon State University5

Mandy CulverInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalShane WallPartner & President of CXO Network at FusionCharla TriplettAdvisor at Suncoast VenturesBill ArnoldVenture Discovery Director, Generation Food Rural Partners at Big Idea VenturesTowaki TakikawaCo-Founder / CEO at Outerport