Gautam Jha
FounderFounder at Kalpa Labs
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedKalpa Labs · YC
About
Gautam Jha previously built ultra-low latency software for high-frequency trading firms. He now works on speech model development at Kalpa Labs.
Founder at Kalpa LabsYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Gautam went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — 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 Kalpa Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Gautam can intro founders to Kalpa Labs's investors below.
Kalpa Labs's investors · 2
Co-founders at Kalpa Labs
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Prashant ShishodiaFounder
Experience
- Kalpa LabsCTO & Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Qube Research & TechnologiesQuantitative Technologist2024 — 2025Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Squarepoint CapitalSoftware Engineer2022 — 2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Nanyang Technological UniversityDigital Design Internship2021School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU Singapore
- Texas InstrumentsSystem Engineering Intern2021Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Skills & more
C++1Python (Programming Language)1Data Structures1Machine LearningComputer Architecture
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gautam Jha?
- Gautam Jha previously built ultra-low latency software for high-frequency trading firms. He now works on speech model development at Kalpa Labs.
- Where does Gautam Jha work?
- Gautam Jha is Founder of Kalpa Labs.
- What companies did Gautam Jha found?
- Gautam Jha founded Kalpa Labs.
- Where did Gautam Jha go to school?
- Gautam Jha studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (BTech + MTech Dual degree, Electrical); Kendriya Vidyalaya (High School Science, AISSCE 2017).
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