Find your path to Rahul
1,519 people in our graph share verified history with Rahul — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
About
Rahul Sheth is CEO of Texel.ai. Previously he spent nearly eight years at Snapchat working on Bitmoji and holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford with focus on character animation and physics simulation.
Founder at Texel.aiYC W23
Intro paths
Rahul went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Texel.ai's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Rahul can intro founders to Texel.ai's investors below.
Texel.ai's investors · 3
Co-founders at Texel.ai

Experience
- Texel.aiCo-founder and CEOcurrent2023 — presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Snap Inc.Design Engineer2022 — 2023Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Snap Inc.Software Engineer (Web3)2022Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Snap Inc.Technical Lead (Bitmoji)2021 — 2022Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Snap Inc.Technical Lead (Bitmoji)2019 — 2021Greater New York City Area
- Snap Inc.Technical Lead (Bitmoji)2018Greater Los Angeles Area
- Snap Inc.Lead Research Engineer2018Greater Los Angeles Area
- Snap Inc.Senior Research Engineer2017 — 2018Greater Los Angeles Area
- Snap Inc.Research Engineer (Bitmoji)2016 — 2017Toronto, Canada Area
- Snap Inc.Research Engineer2015 — 2016Greater Los Angeles Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2014Mountain View, CA
- Pixar Animation StudiosResearch Intern2012 — 2014Emeryville, CA
- HyperpublicIntern2011New York, NY
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer in Test Intern2009Redmond, WA
Skills & more
+12 more
SWIGAugmented Reality (AR)AndroidArtificial Intelligence (AI)iOSGenerative ArtPythonC++Machine LearningAlgorithmsComputer ScienceDistributed SystemsFrom Rahul's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rahul Sheth?
- Rahul Sheth is CEO of Texel.ai. Previously he spent nearly eight years at Snapchat working on Bitmoji and holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford with focus on character animation and physics simulation.
- Where does Rahul Sheth work?
- Rahul Sheth is Founder of Texel.ai.
- What companies did Rahul Sheth found?
- Rahul Sheth founded Texel.ai.
- Where did Rahul Sheth go to school?
- Rahul Sheth studied at Y Combinator (W23); Stanford University (Ph.D., Computer Science); Rutgers University.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
+ 10,223 more
Stanford University mafia1,934
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
+ 1,927 more
Rutgers University mafia100
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
+ 93 more
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Stanford University2,000
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Rutgers University307
+ 301 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Texel.ai1
Also worked at Snap Inc.108
+ 102 more
Also worked at Google2,000
+ 1,994 more
Also worked at Pixar Animation Studios22
+ 16 more


















































