About
Hriday Kemburu is a University of California, Berkeley graduate (2016) working on Wildfire.
Founder/CEO at WildfireYC S17
Intro paths
YC
Hriday went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Hriday can intro founders to Wildfire's investors below.
Wildfire's investors · 3
Co-founders at Wildfire
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Vinay A. RameshFounder
Experience
- GPTZeroHead of Growthcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- PerplexityNew Product & Growth Opportunities2025
- Career BreakTravel2024 — 2025Earth
- OpendoorFounding Product Lead, Opendoor Exclusives (Buy It Now)2021 — 2024
- Wildfire (acquired by Opendoor)CEO & Co-Founder2015 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Geekin RadioiOS Developer2015Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- VisaSoftware Engineering Intern2014
Skills & more
Public SpeakingDatabasesPythoniOSObjective-CSwiftHTMLMicrosoft OfficeWordPressXcodeRubyResearch
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hriday Kemburu?
- Hriday Kemburu is a University of California, Berkeley graduate (2016) working on Wildfire.
- Where does Hriday Kemburu work?
- Hriday Kemburu is Founder/CEO of Wildfire.
- What companies did Hriday Kemburu found?
- Hriday Kemburu founded Wildfire.
- Where did Hriday Kemburu go to school?
- Hriday Kemburu studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science); Y Combinator (Wildfire); Enloe High School.
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University of California, Berkeley mafia538
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Shared employers
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