About
Hrishi Joshi is co-founder of Zarna, an AI platform automating workflows for private equity and investment banking firms.
Founder at ZarnaYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Hrishi went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Zarna's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Hrishi can intro founders to Zarna's investors below.
Zarna's investors · 1
Co-founders at Zarna
Experience
- Zarna (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Canvas PrimeVenture Capital2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineering2025Seattle, Washington, United States
- GoogleML Engineering2024 — 2025
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineering2024Seattle, Washington, United States
- SAPAI Engineering2023 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
- CAMP Systems International, Inc.Software Engineering2023Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Skills & more
Languages English · Gujarati · Hindi · Sanskrit · Spanish
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- Where did Hrishi Joshi go to school?
- Hrishi Joshi studied at Y Combinator (F25); University of California, Berkeley.
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