About
Kartik studied computer science and economics at MIT and now works on Quill Bills.
Founder at Quill BillsYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Kartik went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Quill Bills's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Kartik can intro founders to Quill Bills's investors below.
Quill Bills's investors · 2
Co-founders at Quill Bills
GB
Gabriel BanksFounder
Experience
- Quill BillsCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Quill AICo-Founder2023 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- MIT Bitcoin ClubPresident2023
- Surfer IDCo-Founder2022 — 2023
- Cogo LabsIntern2021 — 2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT Cryptoeconomics LabUndergraduate Researcher2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Lefteris Acquisition CorpIntern2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- First Motion CinematicsChief Executive Officer2019 — 2021Southboro, MA
- Atneva LabsMachine Learning Intern2020
Skills & more
Film Production3JournalismFinanceEconomicsRowing1Mathematics2GovernmentJava1HTML
Languages Chinese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kartik Donepudi?
- Kartik studied computer science and economics at MIT and now works on Quill Bills.
- Where does Kartik Donepudi work?
- Kartik Donepudi is Founder of Quill Bills.
- What companies did Kartik Donepudi found?
- Kartik Donepudi founded Quill Bills.
- Where did Kartik Donepudi go to school?
- Kartik Donepudi studied at Y Combinator; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Computer Science, Data Science); St. Mark's School (High School Diploma).
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