Raunak Chowdhuri
FounderFounder at Reducto
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedReducto Β· YC
About
Raunak Chowdhuri is Co-founder and CTO at Reducto. He studied computer science at MIT and previously founded and operated a computational chemistry consulting business. He has published computer vision research during his high school years.
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Founder at ReductoYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Raunak went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) β 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 β the partner who ran Reducto's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Raunak can intro founders to Reducto's investors below.
Reducto's investors Β· 7
Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park Β· $500K β $50M checks Β· since 2025BenchmarkSan Francisco Β· $100K β $30M checks Β· since 2025BoxGroupNew York Β· $1M checks Β· since 2024First Round CapitalSan Francisco Β· $1M β $7M checks Β· since 2024SV AngelSan Francisco Β· since 2024WndrCoRedwood City Β· $100K β $10M checks Β· since 2024Y CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2024
Co-founders at Reducto
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Adit AbrahamFounder
Experience
- ReductoFoundercurrent2023 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Oloren AICTO2020 β 2023Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT DriverlessMachine Learning Researcher - Perception Team2020 β 2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MIT Lincoln LaboratoryMachine Learning Research Consultant2020 β 2021
- MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Research Assistant2020 β 2021Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityMachine Learning Research Lead2020 β 2021San Diego, California, United States
- Peptide LogicMachine Learning Research Consultant2020 β 2021San Diego County, California, United States
- NVIDIAAutomous Driving Research Intern2021Santa Clara, California, United States
- NVIDIAAutomous Driving Research Intern2021
- DeGirum Corp.Verification Consultant2020San Diego, California, United States
- CaltechResearch Assistant2019Pasadena, California
- PhonoNet Research ProjectIndependent Research2018 β 2019San Diego County, California, United States
- IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyIROS 2018 Reviewer2018
- University of California, BerkeleyUndergraduate Researcher - Berkeley DeepDrive2017Greater San Diego Area
- Rockley Photonics Inc.Software Engineer - Intern2016Pasadena, California
Skills & more
OpenCV7Computer Vision2Machine Learning1Research1Robotics1Data Analysis1ROSNumpyMatplotlibVim3Graph TheoryPython8
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PyTorchC++JavaLinuxGitLaTeXJetson Developer Board- Structuring Machine Learning Projects β Coursera
- Convolutional Neural Networks β Coursera
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning β Coursera
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization β Coursera
- MIT 6.00.1x: Introduction to Conputer Science and Programming using Python β edX
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Raunak Chowdhuri?
- Raunak Chowdhuri is Co-founder and CTO at Reducto. He studied computer science at MIT and previously founded and operated a computational chemistry consulting business. He has published computer vision research during his high school years.
- Where does Raunak Chowdhuri work?
- Raunak Chowdhuri is Founder of Reducto.
- What companies did Raunak Chowdhuri found?
- Raunak Chowdhuri founded Reducto.
- Where did Raunak Chowdhuri go to school?
- Raunak Chowdhuri studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering); Westview High School (High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates).
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