About
Kumar Siddhartha holds a computer science degree from BITS Pilani and has spent over a decade in software engineering and product development at startups, including an early engineering role at Swiggy and co-founding Index, which was acquired in 2021. He is now building Merlin AI to address enterprise resource planning challenges in the US construction industry.
Founder at Merlin AIYC S24
Intro paths
Kumar went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Merlin AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Kumar can intro founders to Merlin AI's investors below.
Merlin AI's investors · 2
Co-founders at Merlin AI
Experience
- Merlin AICo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Niyo Solutions Inc.Director2021 — 2023Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Index (acquired by Niyo)Co-Founder & CTO2019 — 2021
- FurlencoSenior Software Engineer2016 — 2018Bengaluru Area, India
- SwiggySoftware Engineer2015 — 2016Bengaluru Area, India
- Ezetap Mobile Solutions Pvt. LtdSoftware Engineer2014 — 2015
- Ezetap Mobile Solutions Pvt. LtdEngineer@Gharpay, acquired by Ezetap2012 — 2014
Skills & more
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AlgorithmsPaymentsPayment SystemsJava Enterprise EditionFrom Kumar's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kumar Siddhartha?
- Kumar Siddhartha holds a computer science degree from BITS Pilani and has spent over a decade in software engineering and product development at startups, including an early engineering role at Swiggy and co-founding Index, which was acquired in 2021. He is now building Merlin AI to address enterprise resource planning challenges in the US construction industry.
- Where does Kumar Siddhartha work?
- Kumar Siddhartha is Founder of Merlin AI.
- What companies did Kumar Siddhartha found?
- Kumar Siddhartha founded Merlin AI.
- Where did Kumar Siddhartha go to school?
- Kumar Siddhartha studied at Y Combinator (S24); Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (Information Systems).
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