Where does Harish Palani work?

Harish Palani is Founder of HABIT.

Where did Harish Palani go to school?

Harish Palani studied at University of California, Berkeley (M.E.T. Program); UC Berkeley College of Engineering (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering & Computer Science); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Administration).

Harish Palani

Founder

Founder at HABIT

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedHABIT · YC

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About

Harish Palani is an AI/ML research scientist who previously worked on deep learning projects at Twitch and Amazon. He holds a Master of Engineering and Technology degree from UC Berkeley.

Founder at HABIT YC X25

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

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

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HABIT's investors · 8

Blast.Club$5.5M checks Bright Pixel CapitalMaia Debut CapitalHouston · $25K – $5M checks Guil Mobility Ventures Network VCMenlo Park Sunset Venture PartnersLos Angeles Syntax Capital Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at HABIT

Michael TrehanFounder

Experience

HABITCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
AmazonApplied Scientist2021 — 2025
TwitchApplied Scientist2021 — 2025
VariousResearch2015 — 2021

Skills & more

Research12Machine Learning3Computer VisionWeb Development10Adobe Creative Cloud2Internet of Things (IoT)2Python2Java11C#1C++1TensorFlow3Arduino2

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Who is Harish Palani?: Harish Palani is an AI/ML research scientist who previously worked on deep learning projects at Twitch and Amazon. He holds a Master of Engineering and Technology degree from UC Berkeley.
Where does Harish Palani work?: Harish Palani is Founder of HABIT.
What companies did Harish Palani found?: Harish Palani founded HABIT.
Where did Harish Palani go to school?: Harish Palani studied at University of California, Berkeley (M.E.T. Program); UC Berkeley College of Engineering (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering & Computer Science); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Administration).

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About

Founder at HABITYC X25

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HABIT's investors · 8

Co-founders at HABIT

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Also worked at Amazon1,178

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