About
Kaushik ASP was the second engineering hire at Emergent (YC S24), where he built infrastructure for long-running AI agents. He previously held engineering roles at Decathlon, Pazcare, and Synup.
Founder at BentoLabs AIYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Kaushik went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran BentoLabs AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Kaushik can intro founders to BentoLabs AI's investors below.
BentoLabs AI's investors · 1
Co-founders at BentoLabs AI
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Abhinav SoniFounder
Experience
- Bentolabs AICo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Emergent LabsFounding Engineer2024 — 2026Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Stealth StartupTeam Lead2023 — 2024
- SportyCo-Founder2022 — 2023Metaverse
- TheProductArtistsCo-Founder2021 — 2022
- Paz CareTeam Lead2021
- Decathlon UKFull Stack Engineer2019 — 2020Bengaluru Area, India
- rorodataFullstack developer2018 — 2019Hyderabad Area, India
- SynupSoftware Engineer2018Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- RentoMojoSoftware Engineering Intern2017 — 2018Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Skills & more
Leadership2Public Speaking2JavaScript6Python5Ruby on Rails3Web Development5Linux System AdministrationFront-end Development1RubyNode.js5Vue.jsDjango1
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CSSHTML5BootstrapjQueryAJAXSQLHTMLMongoDBGitLinuxPostgreSQLElectronjsLanguages English · Hindi · Telugu
- Real Time Web with Node.js — Code School
- JavaScript Best Practices — Code School
- JavaScript Road Trip Part 3 — Code School
- Shaping up with Angular.js — Code School
- Photoshop for web design — Udemy
- Shaping up with Angular.js — Code School
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kaushik ASP?
- Kaushik ASP was the second engineering hire at Emergent (YC S24), where he built infrastructure for long-running AI agents. He previously held engineering roles at Decathlon, Pazcare, and Synup.
- Where does Kaushik ASP work?
- Kaushik ASP is Founder of BentoLabs AI.
- What companies did Kaushik ASP found?
- Kaushik ASP founded BentoLabs AI.
- Where did Kaushik ASP go to school?
- Kaushik ASP studied at freeCodeCamp (Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering).
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Shared employers
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Alex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform ManagementManav GargCo-founder & Managing Partner at Together FundShubham GuptaFounding General Partner at Together FundShinjini PalitAssociate at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpHemant MohapatraPartner at Lightspeed India PartnersKamran AlamFounder at Jeevam Health
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