Find your path to Madhav
657 people in our graph share verified history with Madhav — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Viviana FagaunlockedMadhav: together at Zenefits (2016)
Madhav: together at Google
Madhav: together at Zenefits
Madhav: together at Penn State University
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
Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2026Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2025SoftBank Vision FundLondonTogether FundBangalore · $1M – $10M checks · since 2026Transpose Platform ManagementHoustonY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024
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 mafia10,230
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Penn State University mafia152
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jeffrey StaubBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Solis Agrosciences +2Ash AshutoshMastersFounded Actifio +1Queen Chinyere QuinnB.A.Founded Oathafrica +1Kaitlyn KnoppB.A. Visual CommunicationsFounded Pequity +1Steven WelchBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Restore +1Rick NucciBSFounded Guru +1
+ 145 more
Dropbox mafia107
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Drew HoustonCo-Founder and Co-CEOFounded AccoladeKanjun QiuBusiness OperationsFounded Kanjun +2Gautam JayaramanEngineerFounded Onsite Pro +2Anatoly YakovenkoSoftware EngineerFounded Solana +2Adam GrossSVP, Marketing and SalesFounded Personify +1Ivan KiriginProduct ManagerFounded YesGraph +1
+ 100 more
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi mafia32
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Abhijeet DwivediB.Tech.Founded Central +1Aditya KandoiBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded Redcliffe Lifetech +1Vatsa NarasimhaB. Tech (Honors)Founded OANDA +1Mohan KumarB.TechFounded Capillary TechnologiesRajendra KetkarB. TechFounded Arcadia BiosciencesSudipta GautamB.TechFounded Premience
+ 25 more
Zenefits mafia23
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Parker ConradCo-founder & CEOFounded RipplingPrasanna SankarDirector of EngineeringFounded 0xPPL +1Kuberan MarimuthuStaff Engineer/Tech Lead ManagerFounded Hashcube +2Phil FasanoAdvisory Board MemberFounded Recuro Health +1Henry LiuVP Engineering, Core PlatformFounded Glide +1Abhijeet DwivediChief Strategy OfficerFounded Central +1
+ 16 more
Same school
Also attended Penn State University524
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
+ 518 more
Also attended Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi58
Saurabh LahotiFounding Partner at Pentathlon VenturesMohan KumarInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesDilip JamesSenior Advisor at Elevar EquitySiddharth GuptaManaging Director at Samsung VenturesShirish SathayePartner at Cervin VenturesHarpinder SinghPartner at Innovation Endeavors
+ 52 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Emergent Labs12
Alex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform ManagementManav GargCo-founder & Managing Partner at Together FundShubham GuptaFounding General Partner at Together FundHemant MohapatraPartner at Lightspeed India PartnersKamran AlamFounder at Jeevam HealthRahul AsatiFounder at Atlas
+ 6 more
Also worked at Dropbox192
Drew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxArash FerdowsiCo-founder of DropboxQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index VenturesRachel HansenInvestor at Index Ventures
+ 186 more
Also worked at Mixpanel19
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 PartnersBrent SapiroInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesZach BergerManaging Director at Bain Capital Tech Opportunities
+ 13 more
Also worked at Amazon1,104
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 CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
+ 1,098 more