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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.

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.

GP

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 CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checksVenture HighwayPalo AltoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

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

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

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Amrutavarsh Kinagi?
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.
Where does Amrutavarsh Kinagi work?
Amrutavarsh Kinagi is Founder of EzDubs.
What companies did Amrutavarsh Kinagi found?
Amrutavarsh Kinagi founded EzDubs.
Where did Amrutavarsh Kinagi go to school?
Amrutavarsh Kinagi studied at Columbia University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Mathematics); ETH Zürich.

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