About
Paras Maniar is a cofounder of Text.ai with prior experience at JPMorgan, McKinsey, and Gannett/USA Today. He holds a JD and MBA from Northwestern University and a BA from UC Berkeley.
Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- p•••@text.aireveal75% confident
Founder at Text.aiYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Paras went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Text.ai's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Paras can intro founders to Text.ai's investors below.
Text.ai's investors · 2
Co-founders at Text.ai
RS
Rushi ShahFounder
PP
Prahar PatelFounder
Experience
- text.ai (YC X25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- BobitChief Executive Officer2020 — 2024Los Angeles, California, United States
- Village GlobalNetwork Leader2019 — 2021Greater Los Angeles Area
- LocalogyMember of Board of Directors2018 — 2019
- Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORKPresident, Local2017 — 2019Greater Los Angeles Area
- ReachLocalChief Strategy Officer2015 — 2019Greater Los Angeles Area
- SilversheetMember of Board of Directors2014 — 2019Greater Los Angeles Area
- WPSChallengerPrincipal and Head of North America2013 — 2014Greater Los Angeles Area
- EQALBoard Member2009 — 2012Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- EQALFounding Executive2008 — 2012Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- McKinsey & CompanyEngagement Manager2004 — 2008Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Latham & WatkinsSummer Associate2003Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Hambrect & Quist (acquired by JPMorgan Chase)Financial Analyst, M&A1999 — 2001San Francisco Bay Area
- MarketHome, Inc. (acquired by ClickAction - now YesMail, a division of Infogroup)Project Manager1998 — 1999San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Analytical SkillsManagement14Strategy44Negotiation3Leadership6Strategy CreationCorporate StrategyAdvertisingBusiness Development37Strategic Partnerships26Digital Media36Digital Strategy6
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Digital MarketingNew MediaStart-upsMergersSocial MediaOnline AdvertisingEntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategySocial Media MarketingMergers & AcquisitionsMobile DevicesVenture CapitalLanguages Gujarati · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Paras Maniar?
- Paras Maniar is a cofounder of Text.ai with prior experience at JPMorgan, McKinsey, and Gannett/USA Today. He holds a JD and MBA from Northwestern University and a BA from UC Berkeley.
- Where does Paras Maniar work?
- Paras Maniar is Founder of Text.ai.
- What companies did Paras Maniar found?
- Paras Maniar founded Text.ai.
- Where did Paras Maniar go to school?
- Paras Maniar studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (MBA); Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (JD); University of California, Berkeley (BA, Economics and PEIS (double major)).
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