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Amulya Balakrishnan

Founder

Founder/ CTO at Novaflow

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedNovaflow · YC

About

Amulya Balakrishnan previously worked as a software engineer at Zoom and holds degrees in computer science and business from USC.

Founder/ CTO at NovaflowYC S25

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Novaflow's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Amulya can intro founders to Novaflow's investors below.

Novaflow's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Novaflow

AAAman Agarwal
Aman AgarwalFounder/CEO

Experience

  1. NovaflowCo-founder & CTOcurrent2025 — present

Frequently asked questions

Who is Amulya Balakrishnan?
Amulya Balakrishnan previously worked as a software engineer at Zoom and holds degrees in computer science and business from USC.
Where does Amulya Balakrishnan work?
Amulya Balakrishnan is Founder/ CTO of Novaflow.
What companies did Amulya Balakrishnan found?
Amulya Balakrishnan founded Novaflow.
Where did Amulya Balakrishnan go to school?
Amulya Balakrishnan studied at University of Southern California (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Business Administration); Y Combinator; Bergen County Academies (High School Diploma, Academy for Medical Science & Technology).

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Aman AgarwalFounder/CEO at Novaflow