About
Kaushik Iska has held engineering leadership positions at Google, Palantir, and Safegraph. He is currently building PeerDB, a platform focused on Postgres data integration.
Founder at PeerDBYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Kaushik went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran PeerDB's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Kaushik can intro founders to PeerDB's investors below.
PeerDB's investors · 3
Co-founders at PeerDB
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Sai SrirampurFounder
Experience
- ClickHouseDirector of Engineeringcurrent2024 — presentTexas, United States
- PeerDB (YC S23)CTO and Co-foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2023Mountain View, CA
- SafeGraphSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Palantir TechnologiesSoftware Engineer2013 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- IIIT HyderabadStudent Systems Administrator2012 — 2013Hyderabad Area, India
- IIIT HyderabadTeaching Assistant2011 — 2012Hyderabad Area, India
- AmazonIntern2012Hyderabad Area, India
- Virtual Learning LabsResearch Assistant2011 — 2012Hyderabad Area, India
Education
- International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)B.Tech (Hons), Computer Science2009 — 2013
Skills & more
Problem Solving4C++44Linux24Amazon Web Services (AWS)4Nginx3Python15OpenGL7C11Hadoop4Bash2Java5HTML2
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ProgrammingData StructuresCloud ComputingDistributed AlgorithmsAlgorithmsCompilersComputer ScienceMachine LearningDistributed SystemsLanguages English · Telugu
From Kaushik's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
+ 8,661 more
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) mafia11
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Vamsee ChamakuraBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)Founded PulseSonakshi NathaniBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded BIKMadhavan MalolanBachelor's degreeFounded Reclaim ProtocolSriharsha KaramchatiBTech + Masters by Research in Computer ScienceFounded Reclaim ProtocolSri Teja AllaparthiBtech and MS by Research in Computer ScienceFounded SwipeVivek KumarB. TechFounded PrimeVault
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Safe graph mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)12
Sarthak TripathiOperating Advisor at WAVE Equity PartnersThiyagarajan (Rajan)Managing Partner at UpekkhaVamsee ChamakuraFounder at PulseSonakshi NathaniFounder at BIKMadhavan MalolanFounder at Reclaim ProtocolSriharsha KaramchatiFounder at Reclaim Protocol
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Shared employers
Also worked at ClickHouse21
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkByron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesCack WilhelmInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kevin EganInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Dharmesh ThakkerGeneral Partner at Battery Ventures
+ 15 more
Also worked at Google1,533
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
+ 1,527 more
Also worked at SafeGraph4
Also worked at Palantir Technologies200
Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VCTrae StephensPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of AndurilViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesBryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index Ventures
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