About
Avi Arora is the founder and CEO of Oddpool. Previously, he worked as an ML researcher at Microsoft, where he contributed to security infrastructure. He holds a degree in computer science from Georgia Tech.
Founder at OddpoolYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Avi went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Oddpool's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Avi can intro founders to Oddpool's investors below.
Oddpool's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Oddpool
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Ritesh MalpaniFounder
Experience
- Oddpool (yc p26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 β present
- MicrosoftMachine Learning Engineer II2023 β 2026Seattle, WA
- Text2InfographicFounder2024 β 2026
- MicrosoftMachine Learning Intern2022Seattle, WA
- Perforce SoftwareMachine Learning Intern2021Atlanta, GA, United States
- Capital OneSoftware Engineering Intern2021
- OcttoneCo-Founder2018 β 2021
- Capital OneSoftware Engineering Intern2020Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Rocket SoftwareSoftware Engineering Intern2019Waltham, MA
- AgileAxis Inc.Software Engineering Intern2017Greater Boston Area
- Basis TechnologySoftware Engineering Intern2015Cambridge, MA
Skills & more
Natural Language Processing (NLP)2Software Development11Machine Learning3User Experience (UX)3LuaSelenium WebDriverSciPyNumPyPublic Speaking3PyTorch3Python (Programming Language)5Swift5
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JavaAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorAdobe Premiere ProAfter EffectsReact.jsAngularJSKerasTensorFlowPandas (Software)From Avi's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Avi Arora?
- Avi Arora is the founder and CEO of Oddpool. Previously, he worked as an ML researcher at Microsoft, where he contributed to security infrastructure. He holds a degree in computer science from Georgia Tech.
- Where does Avi Arora work?
- Avi Arora is Founder of Oddpool.
- What companies did Avi Arora found?
- Avi Arora founded Oddpool.
- Where did Avi Arora go to school?
- Avi Arora studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Master's degree, Computer Science); Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Hopkinton High School.
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