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Rishabh Chanana

Founder

Co-founder at OS3

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedOS3 Β· YC

About

Rishabh Chanana holds a graduate degree in Robotics and AI from UCSD, where he conducted NLP research with the CSG Lab in collaboration with Harvard Medical School and Georgia Tech. He previously trained large language models at ServiceNow and has designed machine learning systems; he now leads robotics development at OS3.

Co-founder at OS3YC S26

Intro paths

YC

Rishabh went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer β€” the partner who ran OS3's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Rishabh can intro founders to OS3's investors below.

OS3's investors Β· 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2026

Co-founders at OS3

CHChris Hailey
Chris HaileyCo-Founder

Experience

  1. OS3Co-Foundercurrent2026 β€” presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. ObserveeCo-Founder2025 β€” 2026San Francisco, California, United States
  3. ServiceNowMachine Learning Engineer2023 β€” 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  4. UC San DiegoResearcher2022 β€” 2024
  5. UC San DiegoGraduate Teaching Assistant2022 β€” 2023
  6. TigerGraphResearch Intern2022San Diego, California, United States
  7. 17LIVE Inc.Machine Learning Engineer2020 β€” 2021
  8. Vouchagram India Pvt LtdIntern2019 β€” 2020
  9. National University of SingaporeSummer Research2019Singapore
  10. Aliste TechnologiesFounding ML Lead2018 β€” 2019
  11. Wipro LimitedIntern2018

Skills & more

Recommender Systems1Pattern Recognition1Neural Networks1MLOps1Algorithms1Big Data1Object-oriented Languages1Computer Science1Apache Kafka1Scala in Spark1Computer Vision1Data Analysis1
+12 moreData VisualizationData ScienceKubernetesApache SparkDeep LearningApplied Machine LearningLarge Language Models (LLM)Natural Language Processing (NLP)Generative AILeadershipMySQLGit

Languages English Β· German Β· Hindi

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Rishabh Chanana?
Rishabh Chanana holds a graduate degree in Robotics and AI from UCSD, where he conducted NLP research with the CSG Lab in collaboration with Harvard Medical School and Georgia Tech. He previously trained large language models at ServiceNow and has designed machine learning systems; he now leads robotics development at OS3.
Where does Rishabh Chanana work?
Rishabh Chanana is Co-founder of OS3.
What companies did Rishabh Chanana found?
Rishabh Chanana founded OS3.
Where did Rishabh Chanana go to school?
Rishabh Chanana studied at Y Combinator; UC San Diego (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science).

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Chris HaileyCo-Founder at OS3

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