Where does Nitish Kovuru work?

Nitish Kovuru is Founder of CoArena.

Where did Nitish Kovuru go to school?

Nitish Kovuru studied at Columbia University (Master of Science, Computer Science); Purdue University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering).

Nitish Kovuru

Founder

Founder at CoArena

New York City Metropolitan Area

FoundedCoArena · YC

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Nitish Kovuru is co-founder of Coasty. He completed a BS in Computer Engineering from Purdue, where he taught a graduate-level AI course as an undergraduate, and later earned a degree in Computer Science with a focus on computer vision from Columbia. He previously built enterprise sales automation systems at another company.

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Nitish went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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CoArena's investors · 3

Lyra Capital Pty Ltd RobinhoodMenlo Park Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at CoArena

Prateek JannuFounder

Experience

CoastyCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentUnited States
Denken Solutions, Inc.Developer Intern2025 — 2026United States
Purdue UniversityUndergraduate Teaching Assistant2024West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Purdue UniversityOperations Assistant2024West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Purdue UniversityBGR Team Leader2023West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

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Deep LearningDistributed SystemsProgram ManagementStakeholder EngagementProgram DevelopmentStrategic InitiativesTrainingAcademic AdvisingStudent EngagementSystems ThinkingTechnical RequirementsSoftware Testing

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Low Level ProgrammingDigital Signal ProcessingContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Model DevelopmentSoftware ArchitectureContinuous Integration (CI)System DevelopmentMicroservicesAI AgentsGenerative AIGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)

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Who is Nitish Kovuru?: Nitish Kovuru is co-founder of Coasty. He completed a BS in Computer Engineering from Purdue, where he taught a graduate-level AI course as an undergraduate, and later earned a degree in Computer Science with a focus on computer vision from Columbia. He previously built enterprise sales automation systems at another company.
Where does Nitish Kovuru work?: Nitish Kovuru is Founder of CoArena.
What companies did Nitish Kovuru found?: Nitish Kovuru founded CoArena.
Where did Nitish Kovuru go to school?: Nitish Kovuru studied at Columbia University (Master of Science, Computer Science); Purdue University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering).