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10,160 people in our graph share verified history with Kirthi — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
About
Kirthi Banothu previously worked as a trader and engineer at high-frequency trading firms Optiver and DRW, where he developed low-latency systems across futures, crypto, equities, and options markets. He later led the onboard sensor and machine learning libraries team at autonomous vehicle company Argo AI.
Founder at attimetYC F24
Intro paths
Kirthi went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran attimet's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Kirthi can intro founders to attimet's investors below.
attimet's investors · 1
Co-founders at attimet
Experience
- AttimetFounder and Managing Partnercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Gardening LeaveGardening Leave2023 — 2025
- OptiverTeam Lead2021 — 2023
- Argo AITeam Lead2020 — 2021
- Gardening LeaveGardening leave2020 — 2021
- DRWQuant Strategist | HFT2016 — 2020Chicago, Illinois, United States
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kirthi Banothu?
- Kirthi Banothu previously worked as a trader and engineer at high-frequency trading firms Optiver and DRW, where he developed low-latency systems across futures, crypto, equities, and options markets. He later led the onboard sensor and machine learning libraries team at autonomous vehicle company Argo AI.
- Where does Kirthi Banothu work?
- Kirthi Banothu is Founder of attimet.
- What companies did Kirthi Banothu found?
- Kirthi Banothu founded attimet.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Attimet1
Also worked at Optiver26
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Also worked at Argo AI8
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Also worked at DRW25
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