About
Kumar Abhirup founded Dench.com (formerly Merse) and previously worked as an engineer at Airchat alongside Naval Ravikant. He sold his first company, Beam, at age 16.
Founder at Dench.comYC S24
Intro paths
Kumar went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Dench.com's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Kumar can intro founders to Dench.com's investors below.
Dench.com's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Dench.com
Experience
- Dench.comCTOcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MerseCo-Foundercurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Founders PodcastGrantee2024Austin, Texas, United States
- TreeHacksJudge/Mentor2024Stanford, California, United States
- AirchatEngineer2023 β 2024
- The ResidencyFounding Cohort Fellowship2023Berkeley, California, United States
- Stealth StartupCo-Founder2023
- Stealth StartupFounding Engineer2023San Francisco Bay Area
- SerendipityFounding Engineer2022 β 2023
- MonumentFounding Engineer2021 β 2023
- MonumentProduct Manager2022
- nonceCommunity Fellow2022Seoul, South Korea
- BeamFounder, CTO2020 β 2022
- LogRocketTechnical Author2021
- Koji - App Development PlatformSoftware Engineer2019 β 2020
Skills & more
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MongoDBAmazon Web Services (AWS)Next.jsApollo GraphQLiOS DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentTypeScriptAmazon EC2Web DevelopmentBloggingSmart Contract AuditsFrom Kumar's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kumar Abhirup?
- Kumar Abhirup founded Dench.com (formerly Merse) and previously worked as an engineer at Airchat alongside Naval Ravikant. He sold his first company, Beam, at age 16.
- Where does Kumar Abhirup work?
- Kumar Abhirup is Founder of Dench.com.
- What companies did Kumar Abhirup found?
- Kumar Abhirup founded Dench.com.
- Where did Kumar Abhirup go to school?
- Kumar Abhirup studied at Y Combinator.
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