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Nitin Shantharam

Founder

Founder at Swapbox

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSwapbox · YC

About

Nitin Shantharam is VP of Engineering at Rippling, where his work focuses on bridging research and applied engineering and operationalizing AI systems. He participated in Y Combinator's W13 batch and is an angel investor. His background includes launching products and scaling them to millions of users, as well as leading engineering organizations across multiple platforms and product lines.

Founder at SwapboxYC W13

Intro paths

YC

Nitin went through Y Combinator (Winter 2013) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Swapbox's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2013

Co-founders at Swapbox

NMNeel Murthy
Neel MurthyFounder/CEO

Experience

  1. RipplingVP, Engineeringcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2023 — present
  3. Multiple CompaniesAngel Investorcurrent2021 — present
  4. Credit KarmaSenior Director, Engineering2024 — 2025
  5. Credit KarmaDirector II, Engineering2021 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  6. Credit KarmaDirector, Engineering2019 — 2021
  7. WalmartDirector Of Engineering2019
  8. Art.comDirector Of Engineering2017 — 2019
  9. SwapboxCo-Founder & CTO2012 — 2017San Francisco, CA
  10. MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2011Mountain View, CA
  11. BidfireSenior Software Engineer2010 — 2011
  12. PeopleJarCTO2008 — 2010
  13. GoogleSoftware Engineer2007Mountain View, CA

Skills & more

Engineering LeadershipProduct StrategyMachine LearningProduct EngineeringTechnical LeadershipEntrepreneurship4Web Applications4Mobile Applications5E-commerce3Algorithms2Computer ScienceHardware Development1
+12 moreInstitutional InvestmentsSoftware ArchitectureE-CommerceWeb ServicesC (Programming Language)Ruby on RailsJavaRubyMySQLJavaScriptC#C

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Nitin Shantharam?
Nitin Shantharam is VP of Engineering at Rippling, where his work focuses on bridging research and applied engineering and operationalizing AI systems. He participated in Y Combinator's W13 batch and is an angel investor. His background includes launching products and scaling them to millions of users, as well as leading engineering organizations across multiple platforms and product lines.
Where does Nitin Shantharam work?
Nitin Shantharam is Founder of Swapbox.
What companies did Nitin Shantharam found?
Nitin Shantharam founded Swapbox.
Where did Nitin Shantharam go to school?
Nitin Shantharam studied at UC Irvine (MS, Informatics); UC Irvine (BS, Information and Computer Science).

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