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Prahar Patel

Founder

Founder at Text.ai

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedText.ai · YC

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229 people in our graph share verified history with Prahar — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Prahar Patel is CTO at Text.ai with prior engineering leadership experience at Walmart, Eventbrite, OpenTable, and Amazon.

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p•••@text.aireveal75% confident

Founder at Text.ai YC X25

Intro paths

YC

Prahar went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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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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Text.ai's investors · 2

SV AngelSan Francisco Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Text.ai

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Rushi Shah

Rushi ShahFounder

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Paras Maniar

Paras ManiarFounder

Experience

text.ai (YC X25)CTO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Walmart Global TechSenior Engineering Manager2025San Francisco Bay Area
EventbriteSenior Engineering Manager2022 — 2025
OpenTableSenior Lead Software Engineer2020 — 2022Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2020United States
VisaSenior Software Engineer2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
Lockheed MartinSoftware Engineer2017 — 2018Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
MDS Inc.Software Engineer2014 — 2017Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Engineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipPeople ManagementLeadershipPersonalizationSearchManagementJavaSoftware DevelopmentAmazon Web Services (AWS)Agile MethodologiesScrum

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Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)ProgrammingC++C#SQLPythonCHTMLServerless ComputingComputer ArchitectureMIPSAlgorithm Design

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Prahar Patel?: Prahar Patel is CTO at Text.ai with prior engineering leadership experience at Walmart, Eventbrite, OpenTable, and Amazon.
Where does Prahar Patel work?: Prahar Patel is Founder of Text.ai.
What companies did Prahar Patel found?: Prahar Patel founded Text.ai.
Where did Prahar Patel go to school?: Prahar Patel studied at Y Combinator; Georgia Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); California State Polytechnic University-Pomona (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Georgia Institute of Technology mafia365

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Lockheedmartin mafia36

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Alain RodriguezAlgorithms and Simulations InternFounded SINAI Technologies Inc. +2 Kaitlyn KnoppIS&GS Civil HR InternFounded Pequity +1 Max CohenProject ManagerFounded Sprinter Health +1 Rodney WilliamsBusiness Development AnalystFounded SoLo Funds +1 Atul RaghunathanSoftware Engineering InternFounded Hyperbound Kumar DandapaniEngineering Leadership Development ProgramFounded Cadenza

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Eventbrite mafia14

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Kevin HartzFounderFounded Eventbrite +2 Tim ThimmaiahEntrepreneur In ResidenceFounded Toneden +1 Julia HartzFounderFounded Eventbrite +1 Luke GroesbeckConsumer Product LeadFounded Foundation +1 Vladimir KorshinFraud LeadFounded PathPilot +1 Benjamin BoyerBoard ObserverFounded Honor Pet

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California State Polytechnic University-Pomona mafia12

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Matt GialichMaster of Science (MS)Founded AstroForge +1 Andrew PetersonB.S. Aerospace EngineeringFounded Array Labs Eliot KhachiBachelor of Science - BSFounded Dalus Rushi ShahBachelor's of ScienceFounded Text.ai Jeff CavinsElectrical and Electronics EngineeringFounded Outdoorsy Elyse PetersenB.S.Founded Tealet

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Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Subomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of Convoy Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital Victor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

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Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology706

Brando De CourtenData Engineer at P101 Ventures Tom DyalCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures Wouter Van de PutteInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture Partners Will McGinnisEntrepreneur and data science executive working at the intersection of AI/ML, technology, and business strategy Jaya GuptaInvestor at Foundation Capital James WangGeneral Partner at Creative Ventures

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Also attended California State Polytechnic University-Pomona45

Neha KumarVenture Partner at Floating Point Kevin CovertCo-Founder & Managing Director at BTECH CONSORTIUM Nicole KinseyVP Content, Partner at StartUp Health Joseph F. LovettManaging Director at Louisiana Funds Joan LeeDirector of Finance at Shamrock Capital Mary KamariCorporate Affairs & Investor Relations Executive at Trade and Development Bank

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Shared employers

Also worked at text.ai (YC X25)2

Rushi ShahFounder at Text.ai Paras ManiarFounder at Text.ai

Also worked at Walmart Global Tech20

SomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear Ventures Zach PoleyPartner and Chief Technology Officer at Clear Ventures Pourya MoradiPrincipal at Think+ Ventures Management, Llc Denise TengPartner at Gradient Ventures Prakhar MehrotraInvestor at Premji Invest Harshil VejendlaInvestor at Tq Ventures Llc

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Also worked at OpenTable19

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at Benchmark Utkarsh SengarEngineering Advisor at Modern Technical Chuck TempletonManaging Partner at S2G Investments Landry NicksDirector of Finance at Kapor Capital Joseph EssasVenture Partner at FirstMark Jill GunterVenture Partner at Slow Ventures

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Also worked at Amazon1,104

Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health Systems Binny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoor Brad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative Robotics Jane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative Robotics Nick FrosstCo-founder of Cohere Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

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