Find your path to Harish
240 people in our graph share verified history with Harish — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Rishi ModiunlockedHarish: together at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (2018–2021)
×4Harish: together at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
×4Harish: together at UC Berkeley College of Engineering
×2Harish: together at Twitch
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 HABITYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Harish went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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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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In turn, Harish can intro founders to HABIT's investors below.
HABIT's investors · 1
Co-founders at HABIT
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Michael TrehanFounder
Experience
Skills & more
Research12Machine Learning3Computer VisionWeb Development10Adobe Creative Cloud2Internet of Things (IoT)2Python2Java11C#1C++1TensorFlow3Arduino2
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MATLABRuby on RailsPython (Programming Language)AndroidFrom Harish's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- 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).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia265
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ivan ZhouBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Decagon +2Wendy JohanssonExecutive Education: Product ManagementFounded Misaludhealth +2Jay ParrishMBAFounded ROME Therapeutics +1Raj Shekhar SinghManagement of TechnologyFounded Z21 +1Nanxi LiuFounded Nanoly Bioscience +1Kevin ChouBachelor of Science - BSFounded Superlayer +1
+ 258 more
UC Berkeley College of Engineering mafia54
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Matt MilfordBachelor’s DegreeFounded Swayhealth +2Rohan AroraBachelor's degreeFounded Biosense +1Neeka MashoufBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Rubi Laboratories +1Trishala JainBachelor of Science - BSFounded Buildbox +1Divyaditya ShrivastavaBachelor's degreeFounded PaladinRussell NibbelinkBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Overview
+ 47 more
Twitch mafia18
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Justin KanFounderFounded Stash +5Kyle VogtFounderFounded GM Cruise Holdings +2Kevin LinCROFounded Lifelikecap +1Aleksander Leonard LarsenPartnered StreamerFounded Stendr +1Emmett ShearFounderFounded Softmax +1Arram SabetiOffice OperationsFounded Zerocater
+ 11 more
Sunset High School mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
Steve WozniakCo-founder of AppleAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksAbraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of SkydioTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystScott DavisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
+ 1,994 more
Also attended UC Berkeley College of Engineering81
Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAlejandro GomezInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Alpin YukselogluPartner, Investing & Research at ParadigmDivyansh SaksenaAnalyst at Congruent VenturesEdward YangSenior Associate at Prelude VenturesLan WuAnalyst at Fusion
+ 75 more
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business978
Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera CapitalAnna ChenInvestor at Madrona Venture Group
+ 972 more
Also attended Sunset High School5
Shahram Seyedin-NoorFounder + Managing Partner at Civilization Ventures Management, LlcSonia SetayeshInvestment Partner at Civilization Ventures Management, LlcAshank ShahCo-Founder & CEO at MentlioEric SniffChief Technology Officer at Visiting MediaEric R. MansellGeneral Partner at Adams Street Partners
Shared employers
Also worked at HABIT1
Also worked at Amazon1,104
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
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