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Nithik Yekollu

Founder

Founder at Rovr

Berkeley, California, United States

FoundedRovr · YC

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146 people in our graph share verified history with Nithik — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

James DetweilerunlockedNithik: together at Mercor (2025)
×6Nithik: together at Mercor
×2Nithik: together at Carnegie Mellon University
Nithik: together at Uniphore

About

Nithik Yekollu is a co-founder of Bellman AI with prior experience at Mercor, Google, and UC Berkeley's RISE Lab and LMSYS, where he studied electrical engineering and computer science.

Founder at RovrYC F25

Intro paths

YC

Nithik went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

In turn, Nithik can intro founders to Rovr's investors below.

Co-founders at Rovr

AJArnav Jain
Arnav JainFounder
YJYash Jain
Yash JainFounder

Experience

  1. Rovr (YC W26)Co-Founder2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  2. MercorMember of Technical Staff2025
  3. GoogleSoftware Engineer2025
  4. Berkeley RISE LabResearcher2022 — 2025Berkeley, California, United States
  5. American ExpressProduct Management Intern2024New York City Metropolitan Area
  6. UniphoreSoftware Engineer Intern - Data Platform2023Palo Alto, California, United States
  7. DevRevSoftware Engineer Intern2022 — 2023Palo Alto, California, United States
  8. Carnegie Mellon UniversitySoftware Engineer Intern2021Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  9. Self-employedSoftware Developer and Nonprofit Technology Consultant2020 — 2021
  10. noQnowFounding Software Engineer and Head of US Outreach2020Texas, United States

Skills & more

Go5Kubernetes5Apache Kafka3C#2C++3Multithreading1Test Coverage1Android2TypeScript2SDKs1Pandas (Software)1Software Design2
+12 moreBack-End Web DevelopmentFinanceOptimizationAlgorithmsWeb ApplicationsProgramming LanguagesMongoDBReact NativeProgrammingVersion ControlAutomationObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Nithik Yekollu?
Nithik Yekollu is a co-founder of Bellman AI with prior experience at Mercor, Google, and UC Berkeley's RISE Lab and LMSYS, where he studied electrical engineering and computer science.
Where does Nithik Yekollu work?
Nithik Yekollu is Founder of Rovr.
What companies did Nithik Yekollu found?
Nithik Yekollu founded Rovr.
Where did Nithik Yekollu go to school?
Nithik Yekollu studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Columbia University (Masters); Y Combinator.

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