About
Madhav Jha holds a PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from Penn State University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Sandia National Labs. He contributed to the development of Amazon SageMaker as part of an early research team.
Founder at EmergentYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Madhav went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Emergent's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Madhav can intro founders to Emergent's investors below.
Emergent's investors · 6
Co-founders at Emergent
Experience
- Emergent LabsCofounder & CTOcurrent2024 — present
- DropboxMachine Learning Engineercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Sigma ComputingSenior Software Engineer2020 — 2021
- MixpanelSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- AmazonApplied Scientist2017 — 2019New York, New York
- ZenefitsSenior Software Engineer2014 — 2016
- Sandia National LaboratoriesPostdoc2013 — 2014Livermore, California
- Sandia National LaboratoriesResearch Intern2012Livermore, California
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2011New York
Skills & more
AlgorithmsData StructuresData StreamingC++CPython
From Madhav's professional profile.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Madhav JhaAgents For Non-Technical Users
Lightcone
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Madhav Jha?
- Madhav Jha holds a PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from Penn State University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Sandia National Labs. He contributed to the development of Amazon SageMaker as part of an early research team.
- Where does Madhav Jha work?
- Madhav Jha is Founder of Emergent.
- What companies did Madhav Jha found?
- Madhav Jha founded Emergent.
- Where did Madhav Jha go to school?
- Madhav Jha studied at Penn State University (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi (B.Tech, Computer Science).
- What podcasts and interviews feature Madhav Jha?
- Tracked appearances include "Agents For Non-Technical Users".
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Dropbox mafia59
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Drew HoustonCo-founder & CEOFounded AccoladeKanjun QiuProduct ManagerFounded Kanjun +2Gautam JayaramanEngineerFounded Onsite Pro +2Ivan KiriginProduct ManagerFounded YesGraph +1Sam OdioSenior Director of Product ManagementFounded Divvyshot +1Sheridan ClayborneMachine Learning Product ManagerFounded Lendtable +1
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Penn State University mafia41
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jim EveringhamComputer ScienceFounded LiveOps +1Ash AshutoshMastersFounded Actifio +1Queen Chinyere QuinnB.A.Founded Oathafrica +1Fahim FerdousComputer ScienceFounded AdQuick +1Joe FiotiComputer ScienceFounded Luminal +1Peter EmighBSFounded Savoy Life
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Zenefits mafia19
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Parker ConradCo-founder & CEOFounded RipplingPrasanna SankarDirector of EngineeringFounded 0xPPL +1Phil FasanoAdvisory Board MemberFounded Recuro Health +1Henry LiuVP Engineering, Core PlatformFounded Glide +1Abhijeet DwivediVice PresidentFounded Central +1Kuberan MarimuthuStaff Engineer/Tech Lead ManagerFounded Hashcube +1
+ 12 more
Mixpanel mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Max LevchinMember Board Of DirectorsFounded PayPal +1Suhail DoshiCo-founder & CEOFounded PlaygroundMelike Abacioglu GunesSenior Director of Revenue Strategy & OperationsFounded PhysioHealthTim TrefrenFounderFounded RecheckZach OceanSenior Software EngineerFounded UberduckJosh WymerStaff Tech Lead ManagerFounded Central
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Same school
Also attended Penn State University188
Kelly DonovanExecutive Assistant & Operations Associate, Revolution Growth at RevolutionFallon GoodeExecutive Assistant at March Capital PartnersCristina HohlmanPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Sapphire VenturesNick DolikInvestor at 8VCRobert SoffelRevOps Expert at Notion CapitalLouis BernemanFounding Partner at Osage University Partners
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi20
Saurabh LahotiFounding Partner at Pentathlon VenturesMohan KumarInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesDilip JamesSenior Advisor at Elevar EquityShirish SathayePartner at Cervin VenturesHarpinder SinghPartner at Innovation EndeavorsShankar ChandranPartner at Walden Catalyst
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Shared employers
Also worked at Emergent Labs11
Alex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform ManagementManav GargCo-founder & Managing Partner at Together FundShubham GuptaFounding General Partner at Together FundShinjini PalitAssociate at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpHemant MohapatraPartner at Lightspeed India PartnersKamran AlamFounder at Jeevam Health
+ 5 more
Also worked at Dropbox137
Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxArash FerdowsiCo-founder of DropboxQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also worked at Mixpanel16
Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSam WerboffHead of Digital Native Enterprise GTM, Anthropic at EMERGENT VENTURESMelike Abacioglu GunesVP of Marketing at Asymmetric Capital PartnersMeghan SwidlerStart-Up Innovation at Pave Health VenturesBrent SapiroInvestor at Blue Tulip Ventures
+ 10 more
Also worked at Amazon645
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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