Abhisheik Sharma
FounderCo-Founder & CTO at Protent
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedProtent · YC
About
Abhisheik Sharma previously conducted research in natural language processing and sentiment analysis. He is now developing video intelligence software for real-time threat detection.
Co-Founder & CTO at ProtentYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Abhisheik went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Protent's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Abhisheik can intro founders to Protent's investors below.
Protent's investors · 1
Co-founders at Protent
SB
Srihan BalajiCo-Founder
Experience
- Protent (YC W26)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- UNC Department of Computer ScienceNLP Researcher2024 — 2025
- VERISIGNAI/ML Intern2025
- School of Neuroscience at Virginia TechML Researcher2025
- Stealth StartupFounding Engineer2024
- Samson PropertiesAI Engineering Intern2023
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Abhisheik Sharma?
- Abhisheik Sharma previously conducted research in natural language processing and sentiment analysis. He is now developing video intelligence software for real-time threat detection.
- Where does Abhisheik Sharma work?
- Abhisheik Sharma is Co-Founder & CTO of Protent.
- What companies did Abhisheik Sharma found?
- Abhisheik Sharma founded Protent.
- Where did Abhisheik Sharma go to school?
- Abhisheik Sharma studied at Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
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