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Amrutavarsh Kinagi

Founder

Founder at EzDubs

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedEzDubs · YC

About

Amrutavarsh Kinagi holds an MSCS from Columbia focused on speech AI and a BS from HKUST in computer science and mathematics. He co-founded Helen AI, a lip-reading application, and previously led robotics projects on autonomous systems at HKUST before co-founding EzDubs, which develops real-time speech translation technology.

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Amrutavarsh Kinagi @amrutavarsh

Ai will commodify engineering but there’s always bigger things to solve like cancer and bengaluru traffic

Jun 9, 2026 · ♥ 1

Founder at EzDubsYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Amrutavarsh went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — 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 EzDubs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Amrutavarsh can intro founders to EzDubs's investors below.

EzDubs's investors · 3

Amino CapitalVenture HighwayY Combinator

Co-founders at EzDubs

P(Padmanabhan (Paddy) Krishnamurthy
Padmanabhan (Paddy) KrishnamurthyFounder

Experience

  1. EzDubs (acquired by Cisco)co-Founder & co-CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. AdobeSoftware Engineering Intern2022California, United States
  3. Helen AICo-Founder2019 — 2021Hong Kong
  4. HKUST Robotics TeamTeam Lead (Intelligent Racing Team)2018 — 2020Hong Kong SAR
  5. HKUST Robotics TeamSWE (Intelligent Racing Team)2018Hong Kong
  6. UberIntern2018Hong Kong

Education

  1. Columbia UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science
  2. The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Mathematics
  3. ETH Zürich
  4. Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram

Skills & more

Software Development3Machine Learning3Research5Computer Science1Computer Vision1Python (Programming Language)1C++2Swift (Programming Language)1React Native1TensorFlow1HTML52Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)1
+2 moreJavaScriptAutodesk Fusion 360

Languages English · Hindi · Kannada

From Amrutavarsh's professional profile.

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Y Combinator mafia8,668

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Columbia University mafia166

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Uber mafia147

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ETH Zürich mafia74

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Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram mafia20

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Bikram BakshiHigh SchoolFounded UnitedHealth GroupNikhil AgarwalBusiness/CommerceFounded Park+Amit ManjhiFounded BuxferAditya AgarwallaFounded Kisan NetworkPrateek SwainHigh SchoolFounded SwadeshMadhav KrishnaAISSCEFounded Vahan

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Same school

Also attended Columbia University686

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Also attended The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology83

Francesco MoroPrincipal at Burda Principal InvestmentsAmanda ChanInvestor at Third Rock VenturesPetra MeyerInvestor at Golden SeedsPrincipal – Public EquitiesInvestor at Glynn Capital ManagementOmesh FabianiCo-Head of Private Credit, Onyx at Openspace VenturesRin HuangPartner at Fenbushi Capital

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Also attended ETH Zürich192

Bastian HasslingerInvestor at Index VenturesSteve VassalloInvestor at Foundation CapitalHelge DaebelPartner, Head of Water at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMaurin DaiInvestment Manager, Physical AI & Robotics at Emerald Technology Ventures AgChristoph FreiPartner, Head of Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMax HeftiInvestment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag

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Also attended Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram55

Sunil RaoCOO, SVP Finance at Plum Alley InvestmentsPooja MongaSenior Investment Associate at Beyond Capital VenturesRohini PrakashHead of Finance at Jungle VenturesSiddharth DhankharPrincipal at LightboxVrinda GuptaInvestment Analyst at Titan CapitalPadma MilhotraSenior Associate at Sauce.vc

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Shared employers

Also worked at EzDubs (acquired by Cisco)2

Padmanabhan (Paddy) KrishnamurthyFounder at EzDubsAdith ReddiFounder at Physical Turing

Also worked at Adobe118

Louise TomlinsonInvestor at Reinventure GroupAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesSydney SloanChief Marketing Officer at Scale Venture PartnersJeff VeenDesigner and investor in London, United KingdomErika NashInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalDavid MackayD9Y at Mucker Capital

+ 112 more

Also worked at Helen AI1

Padmanabhan (Paddy) KrishnamurthyFounder at EzDubs

Also worked at Uber366

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire VenturesAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint Ventures

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