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Prateek Pinisetti

Founder

Founder at Kirana AI

New York, New York, United States

FoundedKirana AI · YC

About

Prateek Pinisetti is CTO at Kirana AI and previously worked as a software engineer at Optiver.

Founder at Kirana AIYC X25

Intro paths

YC

Prateek 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 David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kirana AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Prateek can intro founders to Kirana AI's investors below.

Kirana AI's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Kirana AI

NSNicholas Sleeper
Nicholas SleeperFounder

Experience

  1. Kirana AICTO/cofoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. OptiverSoftware Engineer2023 — 2025Chicago, Illinois, United States
  3. Harvard UniversityCourse Assistant2022Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  4. OptiverSoftware Engineering Intern2022Chicago, Illinois, United States
  5. ChessHelps LLCFounder2014 — 2022Greater Phoenix Area
  6. Harvard Undergraduate CBEDirector Of Technology2020 — 2021
  7. Harvard Undergraduate CBECase Team Lead2020
  8. Harvard Undergraduate CBEAssociate2019Cambridge, United States
  9. Harvard Undergraduate CBEAnalyst2018 — 2019
  10. MicrosoftSoftware Engineering Intern2021Seattle, Washington, United States
  11. Harvard College Research ProgramResearch Assistant2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  12. ON SemiconductorProduct Data Management Intern2019Greater Phoenix Area
  13. iCIMSSummer Research Intern2016Holmdel, New Jersey

Skills & more

Microsoft Office11C++18Python18R9C11Chess18JavaSQLAgile Methodologies1Data AnalysisBusiness Intelligence (BI)1Business Planning

Languages Latin

From Prateek's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Prateek Pinisetti?
Prateek Pinisetti is CTO at Kirana AI and previously worked as a software engineer at Optiver.
Where does Prateek Pinisetti work?
Prateek Pinisetti is Founder of Kirana AI.
What companies did Prateek Pinisetti found?
Prateek Pinisetti founded Kirana AI.
Where did Prateek Pinisetti go to school?
Prateek Pinisetti studied at Harvard University (AB, Computer Science); BASIS Chandler (High School Diploma).

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