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125 people in our graph share verified history with Priyanka — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Deep NisharunlockedPriyanka: together at Gladstone Institutes (2023–2026)
×6Priyanka: together at Stanford University School of Engineering
×5Priyanka: together at Cleveland Clinic
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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Co-founders at Galen AI
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Viraj MehtaFounder
Experience
- Galen AI (YC X25)Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Stanford University School of MedicineResearch Assistantcurrent2024 — present
- Gladstone InstitutesResearch Assistant at Engelhardt Research Groupcurrent2023 — present
- RocheSoftware Engineer2023 — 2025Santa Clara, California, United States
- University of California, Los AngelesAmgen Scholar at Meyer Lab, UCLA Department of Bioengineering2022
- Stanford University School of EngineeringStudent Researcher at the Bintu Lab, Stanford Bioengineering2021 — 2022
- Stanford University School of EngineeringStudent Researcher at Stanley Qi Lab, Stanford Bioengineering2020 — 2021Stanford, California, United States
- Inspirit AIArtificial Intelligence Instructor2021 — 2022
- 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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Shared employers
Also worked at Galen AI (YC X25)1
Also worked at Gladstone Institutes15
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