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Anand Kulkarni

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Founder at Crowdbotics · Founder/CEO at LeadGenius · Founder at CoreStory Code intelligence

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedCoreStory Code intelligenceCrowdboticsLeadGenius · YC

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Anand Kulkarni is the founder and CEO of CoreStory, an AI platform that reverse-engineers legacy codebases into specifications to support software development. He previously co-founded LeadGenius, a Y Combinator-backed company applying human computation and deep learning to account-based marketing. He holds degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Mathematics, and Physics from UC Berkeley, held a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship in mathematics, and has published papers with ACM, AAAI, and IEEE.

Founder at Crowdbotics

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Crowdbotics's investors · 10

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checksBee PartnersLafayette · $300K – $500K checksHarrison MetalSan Francisco · $200K – $2M checksHomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checks · since 2023Jackson Square VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2021New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2022Nimble PartnersSan FranciscoSamsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checksSINEWAVE VENTURESSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checksStrawberry Creek VenturesManchester

Founder/CEO at LeadGeniusYC S11

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Anand went through Y Combinator (Summer 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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LeadGenius's investors · 25

500 GlobalPalo Alto · $150K checks · since 2013Agrolimen VenturesAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksBee PartnersLafayette · $300K – $500K checks · since 2014Better Ventures Central LlcOakland · $500K – $1.5M checksCRCM VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2014Fuel CapitalCovina · $500K – $1M checks · since 2014FundersClubSan Francisco · $290K – $5M checks · since 2014Initialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksJavelin Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $4M checksKapor CapitalOakland · $100K – $1M checks · since 2014Lumia CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $30M checks · since 2016Penultimate CapitalRecruit Strategic PartnersTokyoSam AltmanScrum VenturesSan Francisco · since 2014Sierra VenturesSan Mateo · $500K – $10M checks · since 2014SJF VenturesDurham · $1M – $10M checksSv Tech Ventures, Inc.Palo AltoSV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checksTIMIA CapitalToronto · $500K – $10M checksTMT InvestmentsY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2011ZenStone Venture CapitalSan JoseZillionizePalo Alto · $200K checks

Co-founders at LeadGenius

PNPrayag Narula
Prayag NarulaFounder
PGPhilipp Gutheim
Philipp GutheimFounder/COO
DRDave Rolnitzky
Dave RolnitzkyFounder/CPO

Founder at CoreStory Code intelligence

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CoreStory Code intelligence's investors · 7

Bee PartnersLafayette · $300K – $500K checksHomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checksJackson Square VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2021New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checksSINEWAVE VENTURESSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2025Tech Square VenturesAtlanta · $500K – $3M checksTribeca Venture PartnersNew York · $1M – $15M checks · since 2025

Experience

  1. CoreStoryCEOcurrent2025 — presentBerkeley, CA
  2. CrowdboticsCEO & Founder2017 — 2025
  3. LeadGeniusChief Scientist, CEO, Cofounder2011 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  4. UC BerkeleyPhD Candidate2006 — 2011
  5. Oasis ToolingAlgorithms Scientist2005 — 2006

Skills & more

Algorithms63Computer Science31Computational Geometry8Mathematical Modeling50Robotics17Crowdsourcing11Django6Python28Machine Learning40Matlab14Java13Operations Research8
+12 moreOptimizationEntrepreneurshipPhysicsStart-upsArtificial IntelligenceResearchManagementSocial MediaReact NativeTensorFlowStrategyLeadership

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Who is Anand Kulkarni?
Anand Kulkarni is the founder and CEO of CoreStory, an AI platform that reverse-engineers legacy codebases into specifications to support software development. He previously co-founded LeadGenius, a Y Combinator-backed company applying human computation and deep learning to account-based marketing. He holds degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Mathematics, and Physics from UC Berkeley, held a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship in mathematics, and has published papers with ACM, AAAI, and IEEE.
Where does Anand Kulkarni work?
Anand Kulkarni is Founder of CoreStory Code intelligence and Co-founder at Crowdbotics and Founder/CEO at LeadGenius.
What companies did Anand Kulkarni found?
Anand Kulkarni founded CoreStory Code intelligence, Crowdbotics, LeadGenius.
What companies has Anand Kulkarni invested in?
Investments tracked here include The Essential.
Where did Anand Kulkarni go to school?
Anand Kulkarni studied at Y Combinator (Entrepreneurship); University of California, Berkeley (PhD Candidate, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research); University of California, Berkeley (MS, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research).

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