About
Daivik Goel has worked on product and engineering roles at Tesla and Cisco Meraki, and founded Founders Brew, a community organization. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is now building Shor, a platform for hiring and paying global workforces.
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CEO & Co-Founder at ShorYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Daivik went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Shor's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Daivik can intro founders to Shor's investors below.
Shor's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Shor
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Avi KonduruCo-founder
Experience
- Shor (YC S25)CEO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Founders BrewCo-Foundercurrent2023 β present
- SeekeasyFounding Engineer2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Various StartupsFounder2023 β 2024
- StrateosProduct Engineer2022 β 2023Menlo Park, California, United States
- Cisco MerakiProduct Manager, Wireless2021
- TeslaTechnical Program Manager, Energy2020
- TeslaProduct Manager, Digital2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Information BuildersProduct Manager, Cloud2019Greater New York City Area
- IBMCognitive Software Engineering, Advanced Analytics2019
- Shaw CommunicationsSolutions Architect2018
- Department of National DefenceSoftware Solutions Engineering2017
- Mosaic North AmericaEnterprise Developer2017
Education
- Y CombinatorSummer 2025 Batch
- University of WaterlooBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Engineering2016 β 2022
Skills & more
C++10JavaScript4Node.js4Git5SQL1Amazon Web Services (AWS)1C (Programming Language)1JIRAPython (Programming Language)3Microsoft Office5JavaHTML4
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Microsoft PowerPointPublic SpeakingLeadershipStrategic PlanningProblem SolvingTeam LeadershipManagementTeamworkTeam ManagementCreator EconomyEarly Stage VenturesStartupsLanguages English Β· Hindi Β· Spanish
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator1,463
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Also attended University of Waterloo206
Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC
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Shared employers
Also worked at Tesla93
Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesArpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas VenturesBen FawEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Context VenturesBrock CsiraInvestor at Matter Venture Partners
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Also worked at IBM547
Ken ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesEricAdvisor at Clear VenturesKT MooreAdvisor at Clear Ventures
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