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Aditya Sood

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Founder at Contrario

United States

FoundedContrario · YC

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Aditya Sood studied AI at Stanford before leaving to found Contrario. He previously led NLP work at NASA, conducted AI research in defense technology, and was a researcher at Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and an Anthropic lab.

Founder at ContrarioYC W25

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Aditya went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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Contrario's investors · 7

Dash VCSan FranciscoGoodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checksInventum VenturesInvestorXMF VenturesLynnwoodNexus Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Contrario

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Arya MarwahaFounder

Experience

  1. Contrario (YC W25)Co-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Juniper NetworksML Researcher II2024
  3. Juniper NetworksML Researcher2023 — 2024
  4. Stanford University Department of Computer ScienceCURIS Fellow: SAIL x Anthropic2024Stanford, California, United States
  5. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNLP Researcher2023
  6. United States Department of DefenseSoftware Developer2022Dayton, Ohio, United States
  7. Research Science Institute (RSI)MIT Research Science Institute2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  8. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMIT LLCipher2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Frequently asked questions

Who is Aditya Sood?
Aditya Sood studied AI at Stanford before leaving to found Contrario. He previously led NLP work at NASA, conducted AI research in defense technology, and was a researcher at Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and an Anthropic lab.
Where does Aditya Sood work?
Aditya Sood is Founder of Contrario.
What companies did Aditya Sood found?
Aditya Sood founded Contrario.
Where did Aditya Sood go to school?
Aditya Sood studied at Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Y Combinator; LeapYear.

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