About
Aparna Dhinakaran founded Arize.
Founder at FlowYC S19
Intro paths
YC
Aparna went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Aparna can intro founders to Flow's investors below.
Flow's investors · 2
Co-founders at Flow
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Eswar DhinakaranFounder
Founder at Arize
Intro paths
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In turn, Aparna can intro founders to Arize's investors below.
Arize's investors · 12
Adams Street PartnersChicago · $150M – $750M checks · since 2025Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checksCollective LiquidityPlantationEvolution Equity PartnersNew York · $20M – $150M checksFoundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checksNimble PartnersSan FranciscoOMERS VenturesToronto · $5M – $25M checksRuna CapitalSofia · $500K – $5M checksSINEWAVE VENTURESMclean · $500K – $25M checksSwift VenturesSan FranciscoTrinity VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $6M checks
Co-founders at Arize
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APARNA DHINKARANDirector
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Jason LopateckiPresident, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary
Experience
- Arize AIFounder - Chief Product Officercurrent2020 — present
- UberMachine Learning Engineer2016 — 2019
- AppleSoftware Engineer2015
- TubeMogul, Inc.Machine Learning Engineer2014
- UC Berkeley College of EngineeringTeaching Assistant2013 — 2014Berkeley, CA
Skills & more
Research43Python45Java47C11Algorithms20Scheme3Microsoft Office16SQL6HTML6Leadership12Public Speaking21Programming12
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DatabasesMachine LearningHadoopMicrosoft ExcelMatlabPowerPointLanguages English · Spanish · Tamil
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aparna Dhinakaran?
- Aparna Dhinakaran founded Arize.
- Where does Aparna Dhinakaran work?
- Aparna Dhinakaran is Founder of Arize and Founder at Flow.
- What companies did Aparna Dhinakaran found?
- Aparna Dhinakaran founded Arize, Flow.
- Where did Aparna Dhinakaran go to school?
- Aparna Dhinakaran studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Cornell University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Y Combinator (S19).
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