Where does Pranav Uppiliappan work?

Pranav Uppiliappan is Founder of MochaCare.

What companies did Pranav Uppiliappan found?

Pranav Uppiliappan founded MochaCare.

Where did Pranav Uppiliappan go to school?

Pranav Uppiliappan studied at Y Combinator; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Masters Degree, Computer Science); UC Santa Barbara (Bachelor's degree).

Pranav Uppiliappan

Founder

Founder at MochaCare

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMochaCare · YC

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About

Pranav Uppiliappan holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from UIUC and has worked as an AI agent engineer at GoDaddy, an ML research fellow at UCSB, and a software engineer at DecisionMinds. He has eight years of experience in companion care services for neurodiverse populations and has engaged with US Congress on related policy matters. He is co-founding MochaCare, an AI-powered management platform for care organizations serving older and neurodiverse individuals.

Founder at MochaCare YC W26

Intro paths

Pranav 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 Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran MochaCare's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Pranav can intro founders to MochaCare's investors below.

MochaCare's investors · 5

F4 FundLos Angeles · since 2026 Impact America FundIrvine · $250K – $3M checks Informed Ventures Advisors, LlcMenlo Park Peterson Venture PartnersSalt Lake City · $5M – $25M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at MochaCare

Nicolas WalkerFounder

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Experience

MochaCare (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
Stealth AI StartupCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
OurSevaUSVolunteercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
GoDaddyProduct Manager2025
GoDaddyProduct Manager2025
UC Santa BarbaraMachine Learning - Economics Research Fellow2023 — 2024Santa Barbara, California, United States
UC Santa BarbaraAdvisory Board Member2023 — 2024Santa Barbara County, California, United States
Decision MindsSoftware Engineer2023Milpitas, California, United States
StartupTrading2020 — 2022San Francisco, CA
PRAGNYACaregiving2018 — 2020
VMwareSoftware Engineering Internship Immersion2018Palo Alto, California, United States
Hindu Mission HospitalManagement Internship2017

Skills & more

Amazon Web Services (AWS)1Flask1HTMLTailwind CSSReact.jsSpring FrameworkTableauPython (Programming Language)Java1JavaScriptTypeScript1Large Language Models (LLM)

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Languages English · Spanish · Tamil

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Pranav Uppiliappan?: Pranav Uppiliappan holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from UIUC and has worked as an AI agent engineer at GoDaddy, an ML research fellow at UCSB, and a software engineer at DecisionMinds. He has eight years of experience in companion care services for neurodiverse populations and has engaged with US Congress on related policy matters. He is co-founding MochaCare, an AI-powered management platform for care organizations serving older and neurodiverse individuals.
Where does Pranav Uppiliappan work?: Pranav Uppiliappan is Founder of MochaCare.
What companies did Pranav Uppiliappan found?: Pranav Uppiliappan founded MochaCare.
Where did Pranav Uppiliappan go to school?: Pranav Uppiliappan studied at Y Combinator; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Masters Degree, Computer Science); UC Santa Barbara (Bachelor's degree).