Nitesh Shroff, PhD
FounderFounder at Arintra
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedArintra · YC
About
Nitesh holds a PhD in Machine Learning from the University of Maryland and has worked in silicon valley roles including early engineer at Zoox and founding engineer at Light, along with positions in R&D and research at Qualcomm, MERL, and Cisco.
Founder at ArintraYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Nitesh went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Nitesh can intro founders to Arintra's investors below.
Arintra's investors · 6
Co-founders at Arintra
PB
Preeti Bhargava, PhDFounder
Experience
- Arintra (YC W22)CEO and Co-Foundercurrent2019 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
- Zoox Inc.Research Engineer2017 — 2019Menlo Park
- LightComputational Imaging Scientist2014 — 2017Palo Alto
- QualcommSenior Research Engineer2012 — 2014San Diego
- University of MarylandGraduate Research Assistant2007 — 2012College Park
- Cisco SystemsIntern2011San Jose, CA
- CISCOInternship2011
- MERLIntern2010Cambridge, MA
- Texas InstrumentsIntern2008Germantown, MD
- Redpine SignalsIntern2006Hyderabad Area, India
Education
- Y Combinator2022
- University of MarylandDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Vision2007 — 2012
- Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering2003 — 2007
- new green field public schoolHigh School, Science
- resonance
Skills & more
Computer Vision26Computational Photography1Robotics1Machine Learning4Algorithms15Software Development4Matlab5VideoLaTeX1Statistics1Simulations2Signal Processing2
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Mathematical ModelingRImage ProcessingData AnalysisPythonPattern RecognitionC++Languages English · Hindi
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Y Combinator mafia8,668
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University of Maryland mafia61
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Arjun SethiBAFounded Foundation +1Pradeep ElankumaranB.SFounded jo +1Saurabh SrivastavaPhDFounded Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds +1Michael WasserBachelor of ScienceFounded BloomAPI +1Bryant LeeB.S.Founded Vaero +1Stephan WolskiBachelor's degreeFounded Lightberry +1
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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras mafia32
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Kamesh RaghavendraBachelor of TechnologyFounded Xage SecurityVenkat ViswanathanBachelor of Technology and Master of TechnologyFounded IonworksShyam PillalamarriB. TechFounded TavantZachariah GeorgeBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded LaunchafricaKumar GanapathyBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)Founded AkridataRajiv SrivatsaB TechFounded Urbanladder
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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 Maryland204
Katrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalDaniel DemmerInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDan RochkindCFO at Lerer HippeauAaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorSamir KaulInvestor at Khosla VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla Ventures
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras101
Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCIlanInvestor at Eudemian VenturesRaghuInvestor at Eudemian Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Arintra (YC W22)3
Also worked at Qualcomm63
Ben CoughlanInvestor at Moonfire VenturesHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesBoaz PeerManaging Director, Israel & Europe at Qualcomm VenturesAlbert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm VenturesMarienne CaroMarketing Lead at Qualcomm VenturesAdry ElmiladyInvestment Principal at Samsung Catalyst Fund
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Also worked at University of Maryland43
Ian RobinsonInvestor at Khosla VenturesJennifer WeismanFund Finances at Santa Barbara Venture PartnersCarolyn BrownClinical Advisor at Seae VenturesVyoma GajjarInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsMark GrovicInvestor at New Markets Venture PartnersJavier HervásSenior Manager at Axon Partners Group
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