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Kratik Agrawal

Founder

Co-founder & CEO at Kinect

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKinect · YC

Find your path to Kratik

114 people in our graph share verified history with Kratik — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Micah RosenbloomunlockedKratik: together at Verkada (2024–2025)

×4Kratik: together at Verkada

×2Kratik: together at Reevo

Kratik: together at Google

About

Kratik Agrawal is CEO and co-founder of Kinect. He previously held positions at Google Commerce, Anduril (working on detection models), and Verkada (enterprise new products), and led the Conversational Intelligence team at Reevo. He holds a degree in computer science from UCLA.

Co-founder & CEO at Kinect YC X26

Intro paths

YC

Kratik went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kinect's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Kratik can intro founders to Kinect's investors below.

Kinect's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Kinect

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Varun Kandula

Varun KandulaCo-founder & CTO

Experience

KinectFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
ReevoBuilder2025 — 2026
VerkadaSWE2024 — 2025
DassanaAI Engineer2024
Anduril IndustriesMLE2023
GoogleSoftware Engineer2022 — 2023
SweatFounder2022
Bruin ConsultingExternal Vice Preseident2020 — 2021
Bruin ConsultingProject Manager2020 — 2021Los Angeles, California, United States

Skills & more

Python (Programming Language)1JavaInitiative1Go (Programming Language)Distributed SystemsProduct DevelopmentProject ManagementComputer Science

Languages Hindi · Spanish

From Kratik's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kratik Agrawal?: Kratik Agrawal is CEO and co-founder of Kinect. He previously held positions at Google Commerce, Anduril (working on detection models), and Verkada (enterprise new products), and led the Conversational Intelligence team at Reevo. He holds a degree in computer science from UCLA.
Where does Kratik Agrawal work?: Kratik Agrawal is Co-founder & CEO of Kinect.
What companies did Kratik Agrawal found?: Kratik Agrawal founded Kinect.
Where did Kratik Agrawal go to school?: Kratik Agrawal studied at UCLA (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science); Evergreen Valley High School.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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UCLA mafia360

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Verkada mafia22

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Bill TrenchardDirectorFounded LiveOps +1 Jake StauchDirector of ProductFounded NeuroPlus +1 Eldar SadikovHead of Engineering, Access ControlFounded Jetlore +1 Micah RosenbloomSeed InvestorFounded Founder Collective Konstantine BuhlerPartner @ Series B, C, D, E and BeyondFounded Listen Labs Tom SharonDirector of New ProductsFounded Cheqout

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Anduril mafia15

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Eliot PenceHead of InternationalFounded Dominion Dynamics +1 Daniel KleinmannInvestorFounded Balerion Space Ventures Justin ZeefeInvestor (SERIES D) [EXITED POSITION]Founded Nisos Jackson MosesInvestorFounded Silent Ventures Norris TieBusiness OperationsFounded Exosonic, Inc.Gunner RobinsonMechanical EngineerFounded Roin Technologies

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Evergreen Valley High School mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Shehbaz VirkFounded Cair Health Aayush TyagiFounded Oki Krish IyengarFounded Pixley AI Pranit AgrawalComputer ScienceFounded Pixley AI

Same school

Also attended UCLA1,020

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Kirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures Vlad TenevCo-founder & CEO of Robinhood Ryan KingCo-founder of Chime Paul FieldingFinance & Operations at General Catalyst Melody MaExecutive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity Ventures

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Also attended Evergreen Valley High School6

Nandan PolisettySenior Associate, Investments at Lightyear Shehbaz VirkFounder at Cair Health Aayush TyagiFounder at Oki Krish IyengarFounder at Pixley AI Pranit AgrawalFounder at Pixley AI Arivan ThillaikumaranManager of manager-managed LLC at Bauhealth

Shared employers

Also worked at Kinect1

Varun KandulaFounder at Kinect

Also worked at Reevo4

Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins Samir KaulInvestor at Khosla Ventures Leigh Marie BraswellPartner at KPCB Varun KandulaFounder at Kinect

Also worked at Verkada37

Micah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder Collective Konstantine BuhlerInvestor at Sequoia Capital Mark XuInvestor at Index Ventures Derek ZanuttoInvestor at CapitalG Catherine McClureTalent at Audacious Lak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47

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Also worked at Anduril Industries47

Trae StephensPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Anduril Katherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Palmer LuckeyFounder & CTO of Anduril Industries; founder of Oculus VR Paul KwanInvestment Team at General Catalyst Mark XuInvestor at Index Ventures Michael RobinsonInvestor at Craft Ventures

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