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Raman Varma
FounderCEO at Kestrel AI · Founder at Kestrel
Berkeley, California, United States
FoundedKestrelKestrel AI · YC
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About
Raman Varma is a computer science graduate from UC Berkeley with machine learning experience at Sky Computing, BAIR labs, Square, and Coursera, plus prior software engineering roles at Illumio. He is now co-founder and CEO of Kestrel AI, which develops AI agents for platform engineering teams.
CEO at Kestrel AIYC F25
Intro paths
Raman went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kestrel AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Founder at Kestrel
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Raman Varma?
- Raman Varma is a computer science graduate from UC Berkeley with machine learning experience at Sky Computing, BAIR labs, Square, and Coursera, plus prior software engineering roles at Illumio. He is now co-founder and CEO of Kestrel AI, which develops AI agents for platform engineering teams.
- Where does Raman Varma work?
- Raman Varma is Founder of Kestrel and CEO at Kestrel AI.
- What companies did Raman Varma found?
- Raman Varma founded Kestrel, Kestrel AI.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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University of California, Berkeley mafia1,343
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Coursera mafia40
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Foundation Capital mafia30
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Illumio mafia6
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