Bhairav Mehta
FounderFounder at CharacterQuilt · Founder at Buzzle
San Francisco, California, United States
About
Bhairav Mehta is a founder who previously participated in Y Combinator twice and studied at MIT. He has worked at research institutions including Mila and has experience at NVIDIA.
Founder at CharacterQuiltYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Bhairav went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran CharacterQuilt's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Bhairav can intro founders to CharacterQuilt's investors below.
CharacterQuilt's investors · 3
Co-founders at CharacterQuilt
CB
Clint BurgessFounder
Founder at BuzzleYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Bhairav went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Bhairav can intro founders to Buzzle's investors below.
Buzzle's investors · 2
Co-founders at Buzzle
AR
Adithya RamanathanFounder
MS
Michael StauntonFounder
Experience
- CharacterQuiltCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2024 — present
- PulleySales Development Representative2023
- buzzle.aiCo-Founder, CEO2021 — 2023
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPHD Student2020 — 2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- NVIDIADeep Learning and Robotics Research2020Greater Seattle Area
- Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence InstituteStudent2019 — 2020Montreal, Canada Area
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRobotics2017Pasadena, California
- Twilio Inc.Data Science Intern2017San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Research7Python (Programming Language)4C++4Tensorflow1Pytorch1ROS1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bhairav Mehta?
- Bhairav Mehta is a founder who previously participated in Y Combinator twice and studied at MIT. He has worked at research institutions including Mila and has experience at NVIDIA.
- Where does Bhairav Mehta work?
- Bhairav Mehta is Founder of Buzzle and Founder at CharacterQuilt.
- What companies did Bhairav Mehta found?
- Bhairav Mehta founded Buzzle, CharacterQuilt.
- Where did Bhairav Mehta go to school?
- Bhairav Mehta studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Y Combinator; Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute (Master of Science - MS, Machine Learning).
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