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Anirudh Pupneja

Founder

Founder at Redapto

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedRedapto Β· YC

About

Anirudh Pupneja previously worked on generative AI initiatives at Coinbase and is currently CEO of Redapto, a startup in the Y Combinator F25 cohort.

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Anirudh Pupneja @anirudhpupneja

So I guess this is what getting paid in compute looks like https://t.co/97F9RNKztM

Mar 19, 2026 Β· β™₯ 5

Anirudh Pupneja @anirudhpupneja

No Ask Gemini button on a 7-hour YouTube podcast is honestly wild https://t.co/2mZmM3ZSSy https://t.co/KGAR4D340t

Mar 16, 2026 Β· β™₯ 6

Anirudh Pupneja @anirudhpupneja

We might’ve taken the minimalism thing too far https://t.co/Cho6Rc0yeV

Feb 17, 2026 Β· β™₯ 5

Founder at RedaptoYC F25

Intro paths

YC

Anirudh went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran Redapto's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Anirudh can intro founders to Redapto's investors below.

Redapto's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Experience

  1. Redapto (YC F25)Foundercurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. CoinbaseSoftware Engineer2024 β€” 2025
  3. The D. E. Shaw GroupSoftware Engineer Intern2024Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  4. GaTech EIC LabResearch Intern2023
  5. The D. E. Shaw GroupSoftware Engineer Intern2023Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  6. MIDAS: Multimodal Digital Media Analysis LabResearch Intern2022

Education

  1. Y Combinator2025
  2. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniBachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science2020 β€” 2024

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Coinbase mafia51

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Leo LiangHead of Data Platform and ServicesFounded CipherOwlWill KantarosSoftware Engineer InternFounded DecentRob WitoffInfrastructure EngineerFounded LockitronOlaf Carlson-WeeHead of Risk & Product ManagerFounded PolychainDayton ThorpeSenior Data ScientistFounded MercatorAntonio Garcia-MartinezDirectorFounded AdGrok

+ 44 more

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani mafia41

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Krishna V.Master of Engineering (MEng)Founded TrellisAbhinav AsthanaB.E. (Hons.)Founded PostmanSatish TalluriBachelorsFounded Neptune.ioKiran GolluM.Sc.(Tech.)Founded Neptune.ioNaren ThiagarajanB.EFounded FloydHubSindhuja JeyabalB.E.(Hons.)Founded Dost Education

+ 34 more

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani118

SomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesSanjot MalhiPartner at NorthzoneRishabh KaulVenture Partner at Hoxton VenturesSanjeev KumarVenture Partner at FusionYash SankrityayanManaging Partner, Southeast Asia at Jungle VenturesSiddharth DhankharPrincipal at Lightbox

+ 112 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Coinbase137

Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesKatrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalSimon CantInvestor at Reinventure GroupDanny GilliganInvestor at Reinventure Group

+ 131 more

Also worked at The D. E. Shaw Group43

Karthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Divyansh SaksenaAnalyst at Congruent VenturesSudeep JandyamPrincipal at TCVJulia YanSenior Associate at Prelude VenturesPeter FindleyGeneral Partner at Anchorless BangladeshWilliam WangPartner at Highland Creek Partners

+ 37 more