About
Arya Marwaha holds a bachelor's degree from Stanford and previously worked in product development at BCG, conducted HCI research at Stanford, and founded an edtech startup that reached six-figure annual recurring revenue. He is now founder and CEO of Contrario.
Arya Marwaha @arya_marwaha
@ContrarioAI Our Seed was led by Arjun Gandhi and @b_jishnu at @NexusVP with participation from @bosmeny and @harjtaggar at @ycombinator, Luis at @GoodwaterCapEng, Inventum Ventures, InvestorX, and notable angels from companies like @OpenAI, @WeAreHRT, @DoorDash, @deel, @Stanford, and others.
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Arya Marwaha @arya_marwaha
@ContrarioAI Special thanks to my co-founder and best friend, @soodadityab. None of this would be possible without your sacrifices, late nights, relentlessness, and willingness to endure the chaos with me over the last year. Itβs an honor to build alongside you. Thank you as well to our
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Arya Marwaha @arya_marwaha
@ContrarioAI Lastly, thank you to Michael Crescenzo, Tony Teshara, Dan Sherman, Tom Pugh Jones, @tankots at @WisprFlow, Phoebe Gates at @Phiaco_ , @victorcardenas at @slashapp, @ajkrish95 at @maximor_ai, @chrispisarski at @crustdata, Parth Bhakta, Connor Johnson, Deeptej Moore, Winson Cheng ,
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Intro paths
Arya went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Contrario's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Arya can intro founders to Contrario's investors below.
Contrario's investors Β· 3
Co-founders at Contrario
