Where does Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala work?

Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala is Founder of Ritivel.

What companies did Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala found?

Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala founded Ritivel.

Where did Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala go to school?

Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Bachelor of Technology - BTech+MTech(dual degree), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering).

Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala

Founder

Founder at Ritivel

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedRitivel · YC

About

Pavan Kalyan Tankala is cofounder and CEO of Ritivel. He previously worked at Microsoft Research on language model training and holds dual B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Electrical Engineering and AI from IIT Bombay, with published research in machine learning and NLP.

Founder at Ritivel YC W26

Intro paths

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

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Ritivel's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Pavan can intro founders to Ritivel's investors below.

Ritivel's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Ritivel

Nirmit AroraFounder

Gunin GuptaFounder

Experience

ritivel (YC W26)Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
MicrosoftResearch Fellow2024 — 2025Banglore
AppTekSpeech synthesis researcher2023 — 2024Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Indian Institute of Technology, BombayGraduate Teaching Assistant2023 — 2024Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Computation For Indian Language Technology (CFILT) LabGraduate Research Assistant2023 — 2024Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
CSALT lab, IIT BombayResearch Assistant2023 — 2024Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
CSALT lab, IIT BombayUndergraduate Research Assistant2022 — 2023Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
TelesoftNLP-Speech Application Engineer2023Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Computation For Indian Language Technology (CFILT) LabUndergraduate Research Assistant2022 — 2023Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Bosch Global Software TechnologiesProject Trainee2022Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Indian Institute of Technology, BombayUndergraduate Teaching Assistant2020 — 2022Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
CuemathTeacher expert2020 — 2022United States
Techfest, IIT BombayEvent Coordinator2020 — 2022Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Techfest, IIT Bombayorganiser2020Mumbai Metropolitan Region
SkillshareCreative Entrepreneur2021

Skills & more

Problem SolvingLeadershipManagementCommunicationAnalytical SkillsWritingTeamworkMentoringPyTorchAdvanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS)C++Adobe Photoshop

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Adobe InDesignMATLABPython (Programming Language)Adobe IllustratorText-to-Speech SynthesisLarge Language Models (LLM)Applied ResearchResearch SkillsResearch and Development (R&D)Financial AnalysisData AnalysisNatural Language Processing (NLP)

Triplebyte Certified — Triplebyte
Introduction to Programming with MATLAB — Coursera
Exploratory Data Analysis with MATLAB — Coursera
Finance & Quantitative Modeling for Analysts Specialization — Coursera
Simulink Onramp — MathWorks
MATLAB Onramp fundamentals — MathWorks

From Pavan's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala?: Pavan Kalyan Tankala is cofounder and CEO of Ritivel. He previously worked at Microsoft Research on language model training and holds dual B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Electrical Engineering and AI from IIT Bombay, with published research in machine learning and NLP.
Where does Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala work?: Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala is Founder of Ritivel.
What companies did Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala found?: Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala founded Ritivel.
Where did Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala go to school?: Pavan Kalyan (a.k.a PK) Tankala studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Bachelor of Technology - BTech+MTech(dual degree), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering).