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Hemant Gangolia

Founder

Founder at Rally Tax

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedRally Tax Β· YC

About

Hemant Gangolia has held engineering and consulting roles at Meta, Walmart, and McKinsey & Company. He is building Rally Tax, an AI-based tax advisory platform for individuals.

Founder at Rally TaxYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Hemant went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future β€” the partner who ran Rally Tax's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Hemant can intro founders to Rally Tax's investors below.

Rally Tax's investors Β· 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2023

Experience

  1. Rally TaxFounder & CEOcurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. iNRIFounder & CEOcurrent2023 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. MetaSenior Software Engineer2020 β€” 2022New York, NY
  4. Personal ProjectsOptions Trader2018 β€” 2022
  5. Walmart eCommerceSenior Software Engineer2018 β€” 2020Greater New York City Area
  6. McKinsey & CompanyAssociate2017 β€” 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
  7. HSBC Global Banking and MarketsInvestment Banking Analyst2016Mumbai Area, India
  8. Housing.comSenior Software Engineer2013 β€” 2015Mumbai Area, India
  9. CoreAthena SystemsQuantitative Analyst2011Mumbai Area, India

Skills & more

Vue.jsC++13C2Java11Python4Eclipse1Investment BankingFinancial ModelingManagement ConsultingRedisGo (Programming Language)Algorithms12
+9 moreInvestmentsFinanceSoftware DevelopmentStatisticsComputer ScienceProgrammingAnalysisShell ScriptingObject Oriented Design

Languages English Β· Hindi Β· Japanese

From Hemant's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Hemant Gangolia?
Hemant Gangolia has held engineering and consulting roles at Meta, Walmart, and McKinsey & Company. He is building Rally Tax, an AI-based tax advisory platform for individuals.
Where does Hemant Gangolia work?
Hemant Gangolia is Founder of Rally Tax.
What companies did Hemant Gangolia found?
Hemant Gangolia founded Rally Tax.
Where did Hemant Gangolia go to school?
Hemant Gangolia studied at Y Combinator (Winter 2023, Entrepreneurship); Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science and Engineering); Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (Master of Business Administration (MBA)).

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Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure

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