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Enrique Ferrao

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Founder at Pipeshift

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedPipeshift · YC

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Enrique: together at Manipal Institute of Technology

About

Enrique Ferrao is CTO at Pipeshift, where he works on GPU optimization for large language models.

Founder at PipeshiftYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Enrique went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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Pipeshift's investors · 9

Arka Venture LabsMumbai · $100K – $500K checks · since 2025BioGeneration VenturesNaarden · since 2025Good News VenturesToronto · since 2025gradCapital$1K – $200K checks · since 2025MyAsiaVCSeattle · since 2025Nivesha Venturessince 2025SenseAI VenturesIndia · since 2025Strategxy Ventures LLCBeverly Hills · $1M – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Pipeshift

ACArko C
Arko CCo-founder, CEO
PRPranav Reddy
Pranav ReddyFounder

Experience

  1. Pipeshift (YC S24)Co-founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Pipeshift (YC S24)Co-founder & CTO (Xylem Al - pivoted to Pipeshift)2023 — 2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  3. Forbes Technology CouncilMembercurrent2025 — present
  4. AmigoCo-founder & Chief Technology Officer2021 — 2022Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  5. Hult Prize FoundationHult Prize Global Accelerator2022Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  6. Linux Users’ Group, ManipalCore Committee Member2019 — 2021Manipal
  7. Linux Users’ Group, ManipalMember2019Manipal
  8. Manipal Information Security TeamTechnical Head2020 — 2021Manipal
  9. Manipal Information Security TeamManagement Committee Member2019 — 2020
  10. RUGVED SystemsTeam Leader2020 — 2021Manipal
  11. RUGVED SystemsAI Subsystem Member2019 — 2021Manipal

Skills & more

Large Language Models (LLM)1System Architecture1Kubernetes1Machine Learning2DevOpsComputer NetworkingContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)DatabasesLinuxAmazon Web Services (AWS)Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Microsoft Azure

Languages English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Enrique Ferrao?
Enrique Ferrao is CTO at Pipeshift, where he works on GPU optimization for large language models.
Where does Enrique Ferrao work?
Enrique Ferrao is Founder of Pipeshift.
What companies did Enrique Ferrao found?
Enrique Ferrao founded Pipeshift.
Where did Enrique Ferrao go to school?
Enrique Ferrao studied at Y Combinator (S24); Manipal Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechatronics).

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