Find your path to Nirmit
3 people in our graph share verified history with Nirmit — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Gunin GuptaunlockedNirmit: together at Ritivel (2025–2026)
Nirmit: together at Ritivel
Nirmit: together at Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad, India
About
Nirmit Arora is co-founder and CTO of Ritivel. He previously worked at Microsoft Research on safety systems for agentic AI.
Founder at RitivelYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Nirmit went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Ritivel's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Nirmit can intro founders to Ritivel's investors below.
Ritivel's investors · 1
Co-founders at Ritivel
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Gunin GuptaFounder
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Experience
- ritivel (YC W26)Foundercurrent2025 — present
- MicrosoftResearch Fellow2024 — 2025Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- TRI3DMachine Learning Intern2023 — 2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Delab ResearchData Science Intern2022
Skills & more
Stable DiffusionMachine Learning
From Nirmit's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nirmit Arora?
- Nirmit Arora is co-founder and CTO of Ritivel. He previously worked at Microsoft Research on safety systems for agentic AI.
- Where does Nirmit Arora work?
- Nirmit Arora is Founder of Ritivel.
- What companies did Nirmit Arora found?
- Nirmit Arora founded Ritivel.
- Where did Nirmit Arora go to school?
- Nirmit Arora studied at Y Combinator; Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad, India (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad, India mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad, India1
Shared employers
Also worked at ritivel (YC W26)2
Also worked at Microsoft2,000
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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