Fundraising Fox

Aditya Maru

Founder

Founder at Blacksmith

New York City Metropolitan Area

FoundedBlacksmith · YC

About

Aditya Maru is co-CTO of Blacksmith. Previously, he was a senior engineer at Cockroach Labs working on database disaster recovery systems. He holds a Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo.

LinkedIn ↗X / Twitter ↗
Latest on 𝕏

Aditya Maru @adityamaru27

We just shipped Container Caching, our latest optimization to remove repeated work from CI runs. The team put a lot of work into making this feel like a single toggle. Enable it in your settings 🙂 https://t.co/EM2hmi5WIl

Apr 28, 2026 · ♥ 9 · ⇄ 1

Aditya Maru @adityamaru27

Wrote about the process here: https://t.co/Hsvv3TorEp

Apr 16, 2026 · ♥ 1

Aditya Maru @adityamaru27

You can now run all your CI (Linux, Windows, Mac) on us in one performant, observable place. Big up to our engineer Elton who built this nearly single-handedly in 3 weeks! https://t.co/T3NS9h1O43

Apr 16, 2026 · ♥ 8

Founder at BlacksmithYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Aditya went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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

→

In turn, Aditya can intro founders to Blacksmith's investors below.

Blacksmith's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Blacksmith

A(Aditya (JP) Jayaprakash
Aditya (JP) JayaprakashFounder
ASAayush Shah
Aayush ShahFounder

Experience

  1. BlacksmithCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Cockroach LabsMember Of Technical Staff2020 — 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  3. GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2019 — 2020Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
  4. Cockroach LabsSoftware Engineering Intern2019New York, New York
  5. GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2018Sunnyvale
  6. GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2018Mountain View, CA
  7. TunnelBear Inc.iOS Developer Intern2017Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  8. Clearbridge MobileiOS Developer Intern2016Vaughan, Ontario

Education

  1. Y Combinator2024
  2. University of WaterlooBachelor of Honours Computer Science, Computer Science2015 — 2020
  3. The Shri Ram SchoolHigh School, Science2006 — 2015

Skills & more

Swift7Objective-C4C++6Python8C9C#2Dialect of Scheme (Dr. Racket)4Public Speaking10Leadership13Teamwork5Microsoft Office6Xamarin1

Languages English · Gujarati · Hindi

From Aditya's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,464

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

+ 1,458 more

Also attended University of Waterloo206

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC

+ 200 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Blacksmith2

Aditya (JP) JayaprakashFounder at BlacksmithAayush ShahFounder at Blacksmith

Also worked at Cockroach Labs12

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Tristan HandyFounder, dbt Labs at Amplify PartnersArjun NarayanVenture Partner at Amplify PartnersLenny PrussGeneral Partner at Amplify Partners

+ 6 more

Also worked at Google1,078

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis

+ 1,072 more