Where does Gautam Jha work?

Gautam Jha is Founder of 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).

Gautam Jha

Founder

Founder at Kalpa Labs

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKalpa Labs · YC

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301 people in our graph share verified history with Gautam — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

KT MooreunlockedGautam: together at Texas Instruments

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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 Labs YC F25

Intro paths

Gautam went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

Tekedia CapitalLagos · $1K checks · since 2026 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Kalpa Labs

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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About

Founder at Kalpa LabsYC F25

Intro paths

Kalpa Labs's investors · 2

Co-founders at Kalpa Labs

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Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur mafia141

Kendriya Vidyalaya mafia49

Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur243

Also attended Kendriya Vidyalaya107

Shared employers

Also worked at Kalpa Labs1

Also worked at Qube Research & Technologies2

Also worked at Squarepoint Capital12

Also worked at Nanyang Technological University66

Founder at Kalpa Labs YC F25