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About
Rishabh Panwar is a Carnegie Mellon University graduate and founder of Watto AI.
Founder at Watto AIYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Rishabh went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Watto AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Co-founders at Watto AI
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Ishita BhandariFounder
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Suryansh SoniFounder
Experience
- BoardyDeal Partnercurrent2026 — present
- SalesforceLead Member of Technical Staff - AI Voice Agentscurrent2025 — presentGreater Seattle Area
- Watto AIFounder and CEO2023 — 2025United States
- WishEngineering Manager2022 — 2023Greater Seattle Area
- WishFull Stack Engineer2019 — 2022Greater Seattle Area
- Student IT Architecture Competition — IVSolution Architect2018 — 2019Greater Seattle Area
- Wordly- Learn Words, Improve VocabularyCo-Founder and Developer2017 — 2018Indore Area, India
- Swati Jain Incubation CenterTrainee2017Greater Indore Area
- Advantal Technologies Pvt LtdFull Stack Android App Developer Intern2017Indore Area, India
- YASH TechnologiesSoftware Engineer Intern2017Greater Indore Area
Skills & more
LeadershipPublic Speaking1ManagementTeamworkAPI Development1Machine LearningMicroservicesFull-Stack DevelopmentArtificial Intelligence (AI)Large Language Models (LLM)Scalability1System Performance1
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Mobile Application DevelopmentAndroid DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentData AnalysisData MiningWeb DevelopmentProject ManagementProgrammingStart-upsEntrepreneurshipAI AgentsLive Video- IBM Blockchain Foundation for Developers — IBM
- IBM Blockchain Foundation for Developers — Coursera
- Smart Contracts — Coursera
- Blockchain Basics — Coursera
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rishabh Panwar?
- Rishabh Panwar is a Carnegie Mellon University graduate and founder of Watto AI.
- Where does Rishabh Panwar work?
- Rishabh Panwar is Founder of Watto AI.
- What companies did Rishabh Panwar found?
- Rishabh Panwar founded Watto AI.
- Where did Rishabh Panwar go to school?
- Rishabh Panwar studied at Y Combinator (S23 Batch); Carnegie Mellon University (Master of Science - MS, Information Technology); Shri G S Institute of Technology & Science (Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,444
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Carnegie Mellon University mafia543
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01Lucy GuoComputer Science & Human-Computer InteractionsFounded Passes +1Guillaume LampleMaster's degreeFounded MistralJoshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGenJonathan RothbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Raindance Technologies +4Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +3
Salesforce mafia214
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Alexander BruehlCo-Investor ⇨ ContentfulFounded Contentful +6Scott CollisonVice President, Platform Partners & Go to MarketFounded Personify +2Suhaas PrasadSoftware DeveloperFounded Onos Health AI for behavioral health management Health +2Eric TobiasVice President, ProductFounded Opendate +1Tal BrownDirector, Product ManagementFounded Zone7 Technologies Inc. +1Richard SocherChief Scientist, EVPFounded Aixventures +1
Boardy mafia18
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Shri G S Institute of Technology & Science mafia6
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Also attended Carnegie Mellon University742
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
+ 736 more
Also attended Shri G S Institute of Technology & Science5
Shared employers
Also worked at Boardy46
Giuseppe LacerenzaPartner at Keen Venture PartnersHaider KhanFounder Relations at Transform Capital ManagementAlex McIsaacGeneral Partner at Inovia CapitalJonathan EhrlichFounder & General Partner at Inovia CapitalStephanie PalmeriPartner at NextView VenturesTristan PollockI build movements and ecosystems, not just companies.
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Also worked at Salesforce441
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesMarc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceParker HarrisCo-founder of SalesforceViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation Ventures
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Also worked at Watto AI2
Also worked at Wish20
Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesMatt ChengInvestor at NZVCRaanan Bar-CohenCo-Founder and Partner at Resolute VenturesPaul BricaultAdvisor at Canyon Creek CapitalJoe YanPartner & Co-Head, Granite-Integral at Granite AsiaPaige CraigManaging Partner at Outlander VC
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