About
Gauri Agarwal is a CTO at Koyal AI focused on audio-to-video generation. She has worked on video products at Meta's Instagram division and holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and MIT Media Lab.
Founder at KoyalYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Gauri went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Koyal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Gauri can intro founders to Koyal's investors below.
Koyal's investors · 3
Co-founders at Koyal
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Mehul AgarwalFounder
Experience
- koyalFounder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MIT Media LabResearch Assistant at MIT Media Lab2023 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2020 — 2023Menlo Park, California, United States
- FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2019Menlo Park, California
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityTeaching Assistant for 10-601 Introduction to Machine Learning2019Greater Pittsburgh Area
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Assistant on Obsidian - a new blockchain programming language2018 — 2019
- ConsenSysSoftware Engineering Intern2018
- Mashgin Inc.Software Engineering Intern2017Mountain View California
- Franklin Templeton IndiaData Science Intern2015Hyderabad Area, India
- Veddis SolarsSummer Associate Intern2014Hyderabad Area, India
Skills & more
Python4C1C++1RJava1JavascriptCaffe1GitComputer Vision3Data Analysis2Android Development
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gauri Agarwal?
- Gauri Agarwal is a CTO at Koyal AI focused on audio-to-video generation. She has worked on video products at Meta's Instagram division and holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and MIT Media Lab.
- Where does Gauri Agarwal work?
- Gauri Agarwal is Founder of Koyal.
- What companies did Gauri Agarwal found?
- Gauri Agarwal founded Koyal.
- Where did Gauri Agarwal go to school?
- Gauri Agarwal studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS); Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Fiitjee Junior College - Saifabad.
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