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Ashish Selvaraj

Founder

Founder at Approxima

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedApproxima · YC

About

Ashish Selvaraj is co-founder at Approxima. He previously worked on delta live tables at Databricks and on infrastructure testing infrastructure at Microsoft, and holds a double degree in computer science and business from the University of Waterloo.

Founder at ApproximaYC W26

Intro paths

YC

Ashish went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Approxima's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ashish can intro founders to Approxima's investors below.

Approxima's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Approxima

EPEthan Pronev
Ethan PronevFounder

Experience

  1. Approxima (YC W26)Foundercurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Not Evil SudokuWaffle Maker2022 — 2025
  3. DatabricksSoftware Engineer2025Mountain View, California, United States
  4. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2024Redmond, Washington, United States
  5. theScoreSoftware Developer2023Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  6. Loblaw Companies LimitedSoftware Engineer2022Brampton, Ontario, Canada
  7. Thomson ReutersTechnical Analyst2021Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Skills & more

ScalaC++1C#Python1Amazon Web Services (AWS)1Problem Solving1

Languages English · Hindi · Malayalam · Tamil

From Ashish's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ashish Selvaraj?
Ashish Selvaraj is co-founder at Approxima. He previously worked on delta live tables at Databricks and on infrastructure testing infrastructure at Microsoft, and holds a double degree in computer science and business from the University of Waterloo.
Where does Ashish Selvaraj work?
Ashish Selvaraj is Founder of Approxima.
What companies did Ashish Selvaraj found?
Ashish Selvaraj founded Approxima.
Where did Ashish Selvaraj go to school?
Ashish Selvaraj studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University (Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management); King's College London (Exchange Term).

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