About
Rachit Kataria is co-founder and CEO of Centralize, a deal workspace platform. He previously served as product tech lead at AtoB, where he worked on partner-funded discounts and fraud detection, and was an early engineer at Facebook Shops during its scaling phase. He holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from the University of Southern California.
Founder at CentralizeYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Rachit went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Centralize's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Rachit can intro founders to Centralize's investors below.
Centralize's investors · 2
Co-founders at Centralize
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Will WangFounder
Experience
- CentralizeCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AtoBTech Lead — Product2023
- AtoBTech Lead — Partnerships, Discounts, and Drivers2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- AtoBSenior Software Engineer2022San Francisco Bay Area
- MetaSenior Software Engineer2022Menlo Park, California, United States
- MetaSoftware Engineer2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- BlendSoftware Engineer2019San Francisco Bay Area
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2018Greater New York City Area
- Shape SecurityResearch Engineer2018Mountain View, California
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersEngineering Fellow2018San Francisco Bay Area
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2017San Francisco Bay Area
- AppleSoftware Engineer2016San Francisco Bay Area
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rachit Kataria?
- Rachit Kataria is co-founder and CEO of Centralize, a deal workspace platform. He previously served as product tech lead at AtoB, where he worked on partner-funded discounts and fraud detection, and was an early engineer at Facebook Shops during its scaling phase. He holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from the University of Southern California.
- Where does Rachit Kataria work?
- Rachit Kataria is Founder of Centralize.
- What companies did Rachit Kataria found?
- Rachit Kataria founded Centralize.
- Where did Rachit Kataria go to school?
- Rachit Kataria studied at Y Combinator; University of Southern California (Master of Science (MS), Computer Science); University of Southern California (Bachelor of Science (BS) - Viterbi School of Engineering, Computer Science).
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