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
Education
- Y CombinatorS242024
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniInformation Systems2008 — 2012
Skills & more
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AlgorithmsPaymentsPayment SystemsJava Enterprise EditionFrom Kumar's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator1,464
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Also attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani89
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Shared employers
Also worked at Merlin AI2
Also worked at Niyo Solutions Inc.1
Also worked at Swiggy10
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Also worked at Ezetap Mobile Solutions Pvt. Ltd19
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