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Raghav Pillai

Founder

Founder at Speck

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSpeck · YC

About

Raghav Pillai is an engineer who previously worked at Anduril on telemetry, real-time video, and software orchestration systems, and at Amazon on consumer robotics. He has contributed to autonomous vehicle research software.

Founder at SpeckYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Raghav went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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

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In turn, Raghav can intro founders to Speck's investors below.

Speck's investors · 2

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Experience

  1. ZealotMTScurrent2026 — presentSF/DC
  2. SpeckCo-Founder & CEO2023 — 2026San Francisco, CA
  3. Anduril IndustriesSoftware Engineer2023Boston, MA
  4. The University of Texas at DallasResearcher2021 — 2023Dallas, Texas, United States
  5. AmazonSoftware Engineer2022San Francisco, CA
  6. NinestormFounder2017 — 2020

Frequently asked questions

Who is Raghav Pillai?
Raghav Pillai is an engineer who previously worked at Anduril on telemetry, real-time video, and software orchestration systems, and at Amazon on consumer robotics. He has contributed to autonomous vehicle research software.
Where does Raghav Pillai work?
Raghav Pillai is Founder of Speck.
What companies did Raghav Pillai found?
Raghav Pillai founded Speck.
Where did Raghav Pillai go to school?
Raghav Pillai studied at Y Combinator; The University of Texas at Dallas (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Coppell High School.

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Oliver Wendell-BralyFounder/CEO at Clarus

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