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Priyanka Shrestha

Founder

Founder at Galen AI

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedGalen AI · YC

About

Priyanka Shrestha is a computer scientist and AI researcher with a BS and MS in computer science and AI from Stanford. She has held research positions at Stanford's SAIL lab, Gladstone Institutes, and UCLA, and worked as a software engineer at Roche before founding Galen AI.

Founder at Galen AIYC X25

Intro paths

YC

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

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In turn, Priyanka can intro founders to Galen AI's investors below.

Galen AI's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Galen AI

VMViraj Mehta
Viraj MehtaFounder

Experience

  1. Galen AI (YC X25)Foundercurrent2025 — present
  2. Stanford University School of MedicineResearch Assistantcurrent2024 — present
  3. Gladstone InstitutesResearch Assistant at Engelhardt Research Groupcurrent2023 — present
  4. RocheSoftware Engineer2023 — 2025Santa Clara, California, United States
  5. University of California, Los AngelesAmgen Scholar at Meyer Lab, UCLA Department of Bioengineering2022
  6. Stanford University School of EngineeringStudent Researcher at the Bintu Lab, Stanford Bioengineering2021 — 2022
  7. Stanford University School of EngineeringStudent Researcher at Stanley Qi Lab, Stanford Bioengineering2020 — 2021Stanford, California, United States
  8. Inspirit AIArtificial Intelligence Instructor2021 — 2022
  9. Cleveland ClinicVisiting Researcher2021 — 2022

Skills & more

Writing2Python (Programming Language)2C++1Java1R (Programming Language)

Languages English · Nepali · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Priyanka Shrestha?
Priyanka Shrestha is a computer scientist and AI researcher with a BS and MS in computer science and AI from Stanford. She has held research positions at Stanford's SAIL lab, Gladstone Institutes, and UCLA, and worked as a software engineer at Roche before founding Galen AI.
Where does Priyanka Shrestha work?
Priyanka Shrestha is Founder of Galen AI.
What companies did Priyanka Shrestha found?
Priyanka Shrestha founded Galen AI.
Where did Priyanka Shrestha go to school?
Priyanka Shrestha studied at Stanford University (Master's degree, Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)); Y Combinator (X25); Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Biocomputation)).

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