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) β 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 β the partner who ran Watto AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Rishabh can intro founders to Watto AI's investors below.
Watto AI's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Watto AI
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Ishita BhandariFounder
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Suryansh SoniFounder
Experience
- BoardyDeal Partnercurrent2026 β present
- SalesforceLead Member of Technical Staff - AI Voice Agentscurrent2025 β presentGreater Seattle Area
- Watto AIFounder and CEO2023 β 2025United States
- WishEngineering Manager2022 β 2023Greater Seattle Area
- WishFull Stack Engineer2019 β 2022Greater Seattle Area
- Student IT Architecture Competition β IVSolution Architect2018 β 2019Greater Seattle Area
- Wordly- Learn Words, Improve VocabularyCo-Founder and Developer2017 β 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 β IBM
- IBM Blockchain Foundation for Developers β Coursera
- Smart Contracts β Coursera
- Blockchain Basics β 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?
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- 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).
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Shared employers
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