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Aniruddh Sriram

Founder

Founder at Playgent

Greater Houston

FoundedPlaygent · YC

About

Aniruddh Sriram is co-founder of Playgent, which develops sandboxes for AI agents. He has four years of experience in NLP research with publications in top-tier venues including EMNLP and ACL.

Founder at PlaygentYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Aniruddh 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 Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Playgent's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Aniruddh can intro founders to Playgent's investors below.

Playgent's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Playgent

NJNeer Jain
Neer JainFounder

Experience

  1. Applied ComputeBuildercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. PlaygentCo-Founder2025 — 2026San Francisco, CA
  3. The Voleon GroupSoftware Engineer2024 — 2025Berkeley, California, United States
  4. The University of Texas at AustinUndergraduate Researcher2021 — 2024Austin, Texas, United States
  5. The University of Texas at AustinUndergraduate Teaching Assistant2022Austin, Texas, United States
  6. The University of Texas at AustinResearch Intern2020 — 2021Austin, Texas, United States
  7. Cornerstone LogisticsCo-Founder and CTO2021 — 2023Austin, Texas, United States
  8. The Voleon GroupSoftware Engineering Intern2023
  9. Bloomberg LPSoftware Engineering Intern2022New York, United States
  10. DevRevSoftware Engineering Intern2021Palo Alto, California, United States
  11. ExplorastaySoftware Engineer2020Austin, Texas, United States
  12. WolframResearch Intern2019 — 2020
  13. Wolfram Summer SchoolWolfram Summer Program2019Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  14. PetroEdSoftware Developer Internship2019Houston, Texas Area

Skills & more

Apache Spark2ComputingMachine Learning3Competitive Programming2MathematicsResearchPython (Programming Language)2Problem Solving1Python2
  • Game Theory — Stanford University
  • Data Analytics Virtual Internship — KPMG
  • Problem Solving — HackerRank

From Aniruddh's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Aniruddh Sriram?
Aniruddh Sriram is co-founder of Playgent, which develops sandboxes for AI agents. He has four years of experience in NLP research with publications in top-tier venues including EMNLP and ACL.
Where does Aniruddh Sriram work?
Aniruddh Sriram is Founder of Playgent.
What companies did Aniruddh Sriram found?
Aniruddh Sriram founded Playgent.
Where did Aniruddh Sriram go to school?
Aniruddh Sriram studied at Y Combinator (S25); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (Turing Scholars)); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science, Mathematics).

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