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 · 7
Counterpart VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2025Endeavor Health VenturesChicago · since 2025FoundersX VenturesSilicon ValleyPeak XV PartnersTrianon · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Spider CapitalSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025Ten13Fortitude Valley · $300K – $2M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022
Co-founders at Arintra
PB
Preeti Bhargava, PhDFounder
NS
CEO 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.
→
In turn, Nitesh can intro founders to Arintra's investors below.
Arintra's investors · 7
Counterpart VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2025Endeavor Health VenturesChicago · since 2025FoundersX VenturesSilicon ValleyPeak XV PartnersTrianon · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Spider CapitalSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025Ten13Fortitude Valley · $300K – $2M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022
Co-founders at Arintra
NS
Nitesh Shroff, PhDFounder
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
Skills & more
Computer Vision26Computational Photography1Robotics1Machine Learning4Algorithms15Software Development4Matlab5VideoLaTeX1Statistics1Simulations2Signal Processing2
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Mathematical ModelingRImage ProcessingData AnalysisPythonPattern RecognitionC++Languages English · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nitesh Shroff, PhD?
- 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.
- Where does Nitesh Shroff, PhD work?
- Nitesh Shroff, PhD is CEO of Arintra.
- What companies did Nitesh Shroff, PhD found?
- Nitesh Shroff, PhD founded Arintra.
- Where did Nitesh Shroff, PhD go to school?
- Nitesh Shroff, PhD studied at Y Combinator; University of Maryland (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Vision); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering).
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