Where does Aditya Maru work?

Aditya Maru is Founder of Blacksmith and Co-founder at Blacksmith Software.

What companies did Aditya Maru found?

Aditya Maru founded Blacksmith, Blacksmith Software.

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).

Aditya Maru

Founder

Founder at Blacksmith · Founder at Blacksmith Software

New York City Metropolitan Area

FoundedBlacksmith · YC Blacksmith Software

Find your path to Aditya

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

Mike VolpiunlockedAditya: together at Cockroach Labs (2019–2024)

Aditya: together at Cockroach Labs

Aditya: together at University of Waterloo

×9Aditya: together at Y Combinator

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 Blacksmith YC W24

Intro paths

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

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

GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2026 Peak XV PartnersTrianon · $100K – $10M checks · since 2026 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Blacksmith

Aditya (JP) JayaprakashFounder

Aayush ShahFounder

Founder at Blacksmith Software

Intro paths

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

Blacksmith Software's investors · 1

GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Blacksmith Software

Aditya JayaprakashExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Aayush ShahExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

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 and Co-founder at Blacksmith Software.
What companies did Aditya Maru found?: Aditya Maru founded Blacksmith, Blacksmith Software.
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).