About
Nitish Poddar is co-founder and CTO of Kastle. He previously served as a tech lead at Verkada, where he oversaw development of a motion search system, built backend inference infrastructure, and led teams responsible for firmware delivery and incident management products; he holds a Computer Science degree from UIUC.
Founder at KastleYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Nitish went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kastle's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Nitish can intro founders to Kastle's investors below.
Kastle's investors · 2
Co-founders at Kastle
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Rishi ChoudharyFounder
Experience
- Kastle (YC S24)Co-Founder and CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- VerkadaSoftware Engineer2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- CME GroupSoftware Engineer Intern2021Chicago, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignResearch Assistant - Koyejo Lab2020 — 2021Champaign, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignResearch Assistant - TIMAN Group2021Champaign, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignResearch Assistant - Forward Data Lab2020Champaign, Illinois, United States
- Illinois Business ConsultingProject Manager2021Champaign, Illinois, United States
- Illinois Business ConsultingConsultant2020Champaign, Illinois, United States
- CargillSoftware Engineer Intern2021Champaign, Illinois, United States
- CargillSoftware Engineer Intern2020Champaign, Illinois, United States
- Panasonic North AmericaSoftware Development Intern2020Chicago, Illinois, United States
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignResearch Assistant - Sarita Adve Research Group2019 — 2020Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignCourse Developer - CS 1252019Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
- Supertron Infotech Pvt LtdSoftware Development Intern2019Kolkata Area, India
Skills & more
Python (Programming Language)5JavaScript4C++2React.js1Node.js1Java2FlaskMongoDBAmazon Web Services (AWS)PyTorch1TensorFlowKeras
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C (Programming Language)AndroidSpring FrameworkGraphQLGitUnixMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelData StructuresAlgorithmsMachine LearningGo (Programming Language)Languages English · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nitish Poddar?
- Nitish Poddar is co-founder and CTO of Kastle. He previously served as a tech lead at Verkada, where he oversaw development of a motion search system, built backend inference infrastructure, and led teams responsible for firmware delivery and incident management products; he holds a Computer Science degree from UIUC.
- Where does Nitish Poddar work?
- Nitish Poddar is Founder of Kastle.
- What companies did Nitish Poddar found?
- Nitish Poddar founded Kastle.
- Where did Nitish Poddar go to school?
- Nitish Poddar studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); The Heritage School (High School Diploma, ISC).
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