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Madhavan Malolan

Founder

Founder at Reclaim Protocol

New York, New York, United States

FoundedReclaim Protocol Β· YC

About

Madhavan Malolan leads product, engineering, and research at Reclaim Protocol, where he has developed technology combining AI and cryptography for digital verification. His work focuses on automating verification of education, employment, financial, and purchasing credentials for enterprise clients.

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Madhavan (Maddy) @madhavanmalolan

Does anyone have an openclaw <> slack setup you'd recommend? Core usecases - make it a company brain, have multiple on going threads, be able to chat to raise PRs

Jul 30, 2026 Β· β™₯ 1

Madhavan (Maddy) @madhavanmalolan

Super proud of @berkbuilds and @jamessinka for this launch. Great to see more super powers to the most ambitious of our species! https://t.co/7dopIKsaRH

Jul 28, 2026 Β· β™₯ 3 Β· ⇄ 1

Madhavan (Maddy) @madhavanmalolan

If this intrigues you and you want to dive deeper, we have a thorough breakdown discussed here : https://t.co/BKORlbvUtj

Jul 23, 2026 Β· β™₯ 1

Founder at Reclaim ProtocolYC W21

Intro paths

YC

Madhavan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Madhavan can intro founders to Reclaim Protocol's investors below.

Reclaim Protocol's investors Β· 2

LemniscapY Combinator

Co-founders at Reclaim Protocol

SKSriharsha Karamchati
Sriharsha KaramchatiFounder
SKSubhash Karri
Subhash KarriFounder

Experience

  1. Reclaim Protocol (YC W21)Co-Foundercurrent2022 β€” present
  2. QuestbookContributorcurrent2020 β€” presentUnited States
  3. Samosa LabsSoftware Engineer2015 β€” 2016
  4. MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2014 β€” 2015Greater Hyderabad Area
  5. IIIT HyderabadTeaching Assistant2014Greater Hyderabad Area
  6. IIIT HyderabadWeb Administrator2012 β€” 2014
  7. MicrosoftIntern2013

Education

  1. International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering2010 β€” 2014
  2. New Era Senior Secondary SchoolHSC, SSC2002 β€” 2010

Skills & more

Enterprise SoftwarePython43C13C++23Matlab4LaTeX12OpenGL5Start-up VenturesComputer Science22Programming16Natural Language Processing2Information Extraction3
+5 moreInformation RetrievalData StructuresWeb DevelopmentAlgorithmsArtificial Intelligence

Languages English Β· Gujarati Β· Hindi Β· Tamil

From Madhavan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)4

Sarthak TripathiOperating Advisor at WAVE Equity PartnersThiyagarajan (Rajan)Managing Partner at UpekkhaSonakshi NathaniFounder at BIKManish ShuklaFounder at CheqUPI

Shared employers

Also worked at Reclaim Protocol (YC W21)1

Roman ProkhorencoProduct, Mellow Protocol at HyperNest

Also worked at Microsoft737

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General Catalyst

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Also worked at IIIT Hyderabad6

Sarthak TripathiOperating Advisor at WAVE Equity PartnersDr Ashok JhunjhunwalaAdvisor at Kalaari CapitalProf. Sandeep ShuklaProfessor & Director, IIIT Hyderabad at T-HubAparna ChagantyInvestor at Bessemer Venture PartnersKaushik SrinivasanFounder at compliant-llmAnuhya VajapeyFounder at CareOasis