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Monik Pamecha

Founder

Founder at Toma

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedToma · YC

About

Monik Pamecha is co-founder and CEO of Toma, an AI software platform that automates customer interactions for automotive dealerships.

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Monik Pamecha @monikkinom

Now that everyone is waking up to Kurzweil’s predictions, here is a banger from 10 years ago 🤩 https://t.co/PVAkJ07jKl

Apr 11, 2026 · ♥ 3

Monik Pamecha @monikkinom

They said make it good. Just not that good? https://t.co/2qwpPfckvg

Jan 23, 2026 · ♥ 9 · ⇄ 1

Monik Pamecha @monikkinom

Auto Dealers all over the country are rapidly adopting @TomaAuto into their workflows. @blandthony and the eng team has moved mountains to make this happen. From building our voice orchestration layer from scratch to designing incredibly simple ways for customers to manage https://t.co/jLG87wxeHK

Nov 18, 2025 · ♥ 10 · ⇄ 3

Founder at TomaYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Monik went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Toma's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Monik can intro founders to Toma's investors below.

Toma's investors · 2

Andreessen HorowitzY Combinator

Co-founders at Toma

AKAnthony Krivonos
Anthony KrivonosFounder

Experience

  1. TomaCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. BrazeSenior Software Engineer2022 — 2023New York, New York, United States
  3. BrazeSoftware Engineer II2020 — 2022New York, New York, United States
  4. BrazeSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
  5. Skindex, IncCo-Founder2019 — 2020
  6. TuringSoftware Engineer2019Palo Alto, California
  7. University of California, BerkeleyGraduate Student Instructor2017 — 2019Berkeley, CA
  8. UberSoftware Engineering Intern2018
  9. RevcontentSoftware Engineer2017
  10. IIIT HyderabadResearch Intern2016Greater Hyderabad Area
  11. Haptik IncMachine Learning Analyst2015Mumbai Metropolitan Region
  12. Haptik IncSoftware Engineering Intern2014 — 2015Mumbai Metropolitan Region
  13. Etiole.comEditor in Chief2009 — 2015
  14. Etiole.comFounder2008 — 2014Mumbai
  15. PikupSoftware Engineering Intern2014
  16. FlatchatSoftware Engineering Intern2013 — 2014

Education

  1. Y CombinatorW24
  2. University of California, BerkeleyInformation Management and Systems, Information Science/Studies2017 — 2019
  3. University of MumbaiBachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering2013 — 2017

Skills & more

Algorithms13Data Structures11Machine Learning11Deep Learning6Web Development34Blogging11Entrepreneurship7Web Analytics5Web Applications5Web Design10Natural Language ProcessingPython10
+9 moreJavaDjangoPHPHTMLYiiCascading Style Sheets (CSS)MySQLjQueryPython (Programming Language)

Languages English

From Monik's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

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University of California, Berkeley mafia448

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ivan ZhouMolecular BiologyFounded Decagon +2Sean GroveFounded Linzumi +2Lucas HarringtonDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Preventive +1Jinal JhaveriProfessional Certificate ProgramFounded SchoolMint +1Jacob HookerPh.D.Founded Sensorium Therapeutics +1Justin HughesBAFounded Revolution RE +1

+ 441 more

Uber mafia147

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Bastien BeurierSoftware EngineerFounded Lantern +1Mike MahlkowOperations and Business DevelopmentFounded Fastgen +1Charlie CorreaSenior Operations ManagerFounded Luable +1Khalid AshmawySenior Tech Lead ManagerFounded Munify +1Edgar PavlovskyData ScienceFounded MRGN +1Ali KashaniHead of Serve RoboticsFounded Serve Robotics

+ 140 more

University of Mumbai mafia23

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Al LalaniBachelor's degreeFounded Omnibound +1Anshul SadanaB.EFounded NexthopKadambari (Kad) BeelwarBachelorFounded Truss HealthAnjan ShenoyBEFounded SecuronixKiren TannaB.E.Founded Una BrandsUtsav AgarwalBachelor of Engineering (B.E.)Founded Evenflow

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Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,324

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

+ 1,318 more

Also attended University of Mumbai130

Manish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ullas NaikFounder and General Partner at Streamlined VenturesAnshul SadanaCEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURESBhavana WaigankarCOO at LightboxHimanshi TailorAssociate, Legal at LightboxAdith PodharFounding Partner at Gemba Capital Venture Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Toma2

Brian ShinManaging Partner, VitalStage Ventures at VitalStage VenturesAnthony KrivonosFounder at Toma

Also worked at Turing15

Ashu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalBill MacCartneyFormer VP ML at Cohere at SignalFireFrançois DufourFounder Advisor at Decibel PartnersDmitry AlimovFounding Partner at Frontier VenturesSue XuManaging Partner at Amino CapitalFaizan J. KhanFounder and CIO at Visary Capital

+ 9 more

Also worked at University of California, Berkeley275

Paul JennyBoard Chair at CincyTechAndrea van ElsasInvestor at Third Rock VenturesMichael PerezDeputy General Counsel at Mucker CapitalFreada Kapor KleinFounding Partner at Kapor CapitalUlili OnovakpuriManaging Partner at Kapor CapitalRoseanneCo-founder at Renegade Partners

+ 269 more

Also worked at Uber366

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire VenturesAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint Ventures

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