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.
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.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Blacksmith's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Aditya can intro founders to Blacksmith's investors below.
Blacksmith's investors · 3
Co-founders at Blacksmith
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Aditya (JP) JayaprakashFounder
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Aayush ShahFounder
Experience
- BlacksmithCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Cockroach LabsMember Of Technical Staff2020 — 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2019 — 2020Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
- Cockroach LabsSoftware Engineering Intern2019New York, New York
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2018Sunnyvale
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2018Mountain View, CA
- TunnelBear Inc.iOS Developer Intern2017Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Clearbridge MobileiOS Developer Intern2016Vaughan, Ontario
Skills & more
Swift7Objective-C4C++6Python8C9C#2Dialect of Scheme (Dr. Racket)4Public Speaking10Leadership13Teamwork5Microsoft Office6Xamarin1
Languages English · Gujarati · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aditya Maru?
- 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.
- Where does Aditya Maru work?
- Aditya Maru is Founder of Blacksmith.
- What companies did Aditya Maru found?
- Aditya Maru founded Blacksmith.
- Where did Aditya Maru go to school?
- Aditya Maru studied at Y Combinator; University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Honours Computer Science, Computer Science); The Shri Ram School (High School, Science).
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