About
Aman Gottumukkala is cofounder of Firebender, an AI-powered coding assistant for Android Studio. Previously, he was a Kleiner Perkins engineering fellow and early engineer at Paradigm, where he worked on trading infrastructure and zero-knowledge cryptography research; he also interned at Google, Instagram, Twitch, and Microsoft during college.
Aman Gottumukkala @amangotchu
~3 months since joining, SpaceXAI has acquired Cursor, locked billion-dollar compute deals, launched Grok Build, and shipped a world-class coding model. The trajectory here is unmatched and working on Grok Build + RL has been the most impactful work of my career. Try out Grok https://t.co/Kqf8eozeYZ
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Aman Gottumukkala @amangotchu
Best TUI π€ Fastest coding model Try out Composer 2.5 in Grok Build today! https://t.co/h2XK0nYq4H
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Founder at FirebenderYC W24
Intro paths
Aman went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer β the partner who ran Firebender's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Aman can intro founders to Firebender's investors below.
Firebender's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Firebender
