About
Chirath Neranjena is an aerospace engineer who has worked at GoogleX, Idealab, and Y Combinator, and is a trained pilot.
Founder at VorticityYC S19
Intro paths
YC
Chirath went through Y Combinator (Summer 2019) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Chirath can intro founders to Vorticity's investors below.
Experience
- Vorticity Inc.Founder and CEOcurrent2019 β presentUnited States
- X, the moonshot factoryFounder / Project Lead2016 β 2018United States
- WingSenior Systems Engineer2013 β 2016Mountain View, California, United States
- eSolarSenior Systems Engineer2008 β 2012
- IdealabSystems Engineer2005 β 2008
Skills & more
Matlab3Labview1Solar Energy28Engineering Management3Thermal9Renewable Energy12Heat Transfer2Systems Engineering1Photovoltaics7Mechanical Engineering3Energy2R&D13
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EngineeringDesign of ExperimentsPower GenerationCleantechAlternative EnergyEnergy EfficiencySimulationsStart-upsManufacturingTestingElectrical EngineeringSolar PowerLanguages English Β· Sinhalese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chirath Neranjena?
- Chirath Neranjena is an aerospace engineer who has worked at GoogleX, Idealab, and Y Combinator, and is a trained pilot.
- Where does Chirath Neranjena work?
- Chirath Neranjena is Founder of Vorticity.
- What companies did Chirath Neranjena found?
- Chirath Neranjena founded Vorticity.
- Where did Chirath Neranjena go to school?
- Chirath Neranjena studied at Caltech (Bachelor of Science, Aeronautics); Y Combinator (Class of Summer 2019).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Caltech mafia66
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Idealab mafia5
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Same school
Also attended Caltech144
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VCMarkus EnzelbergerPartner at Versant Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Vorticity Inc.1
Also worked at X, the moonshot factory48
Jonathan RossFounder of Groq; inventor of Google's TPU β now at NvidiaJames WangGeneral Partner at Creative VenturesSteven WillingerGP at Blockchain BuildersMike McCauleyCo-founder & General Partner at Inovia CapitalVinay RajPrincipal at CVS Health VenturesMax LuoPrincipal at ACME Capital
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