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Rishi Srihari

Founder

Founder at Opennote

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedOpennote · YC

About

Rishi Srihari is the co-founder of Opennote, an AI-powered learning platform that consolidates lecture materials, notes, and readings while providing contextual explanations, practice tools, and video tutorials for students.

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Rishi @rishi_srihari

over the last couple years i've realized how good creation is for the soul. it's the closest thing to showing someone your undiluted self; the things you make are every revelation, fixation, and grudge you've ever had, rearranged into something only you could've made. nobody can

Jul 13, 2026 · ♥ 22 · ⇄ 1

Rishi @rishi_srihari

i just finished my first month at Reducto last week, and it's the first new product i've worked on in over a year. the early weeks on anything new mostly go to figuring out what the product is about underneath the surface of it. every product i've worked on comes down to a small

Jun 1, 2026 · ♥ 30 · ⇄ 3

Rishi @rishi_srihari

i know SGA looking at Chet like this in the locker room as we speak https://t.co/WALqaMW8Jm

May 31, 2026 · ♥ 454 · ⇄ 7

Founder at OpennoteYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Rishi went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Opennote's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Rishi can intro founders to Opennote's investors below.

Opennote's investors · 5

Afore CapitalAndreessen HorowitzSancus VenturesScript CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Opennote

AAAbhi Arya
Abhi AryaCo-Founder and CTO
VVVedant Vyas
Vedant VyasFounder

Experience

  1. ReductoProduct Engineeringcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. OpennoteCo-Founder, CEO2025 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
  3. Afore CapitalFounder-in-Residence2025San Francisco, California, United States
  4. BrowserbaseSoftware2025
  5. UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer SciencesLearning Assistant2024 — 2025Irvine, California, United States
  6. NASA SUITSSoftware Engineering Research Intern2023 — 2024Irvine, California, United States

Education

  1. Y Combinator
  2. UC IrvineBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2023 — 2027
  3. Singapore American School2021 — 2023
  4. Centennial High School2019 — 2023

Skills & more

Front-End DevelopmentDatabase DesignWeb ScrapingDiscrete MathematicsUniversity TeachingBoolean LogicTwo-factor AuthenticationArtificial Intelligence (AI)TypeScriptNext.js3Google Cloud Platform (GCP)3Tailwind CSS3
+12 moreDatabasesAndroid DevelopmentPresentation SkillsProject DeliveryTeam LeadershipProject ManagementWeb DesignCreative WritingPublic SpeakingCommunicationProblem SolvingJava

Languages English · Spanish · Tamil

From Rishi's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

UC Irvine mafia36

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jon O'BryanPhDFounded PadSplit +1Binh TranBSFounded AVVTak CheungDoctor of Medicine (M.D.)Founded Lexington Medical, IncJason WangBachelor of Science (BS)Founded TrueVaultErnesto LujanBachelor’s DegreeFounded dNovoFrancis LarsonBAFounded Ascen

+ 29 more

Singapore American School mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Nitya AroraHigh SchoolFounded Peppr AIAryan SawhneyFounded NarrativeShaivi RauHigh School DiplomaFounded LitmusArjun ChalihaHigh School DiplomaFounded Marble

Browserbase mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Charly PolyProduct Marketing LeadFounded DeferGarrett GravesFounding EngineerFounded crmCopilotAbhi AryasoftwareFounded Opennote

Reducto mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Abhi AryaengineeringFounded OpennoteVedant VyasGrowth EngineeringFounded Opennote

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended UC Irvine114

Christian BuergerPortfolio Development at Intel CapitalJonathan GiegCommunity Manager at Pantera CapitalRyan LaurinManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersPascal KroteePrincipal, Ph.D. at RiverVest Venture PartnersZack IsaacsonVenture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpCameron BaharVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, Llc

+ 108 more

Also attended Singapore American School9

Wesley TilluPartner at S32 focused on frontier technology investmentsMartha CabaeroContent Manager, Recruiting at ITERATIVESonia ParekhAssociate at Longitude CapitalSam DevineAssociate at OpenView Venture PartnersSonalie FigueirasAdvisor at Alwyn CapitalNitya AroraFounder at Peppr AI

+ 3 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Reducto5

Jennifer LiPartner at Andreessen HorowitzAdit AbrahamFounder at ReductoRaunak ChowdhuriFounder at ReductoAbhi AryaCo-Founder and CTO at OpennoteVedant VyasFounder at Opennote

Also worked at Opennote3

Maitree MervanaInvestor at aCrew CapitalAbhi AryaCo-Founder and CTO at OpennoteVedant VyasFounder at Opennote

Also worked at Afore Capital26

Nate WangVP of Investments at Plum Alley InvestmentsRiley FinchInvestment Associate at NextGen Venture PartnersGaurav JainCo-founder, Managing Partner at Afore CapitalAnamitra BanerjiCo-founder, Managing Partner at Afore CapitalDerrick LiPrincipal at Afore CapitalKayla KavanaughInvestor at Afore Capital

+ 20 more

Also worked at Browserbase10

Dan CahanaPrincipal on the Investment Team at Notable Capital, focused on Cloud Infrastructure & AIGlenn SolomonInvestor at GGV CapitalReid ChristianGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Shaad KhanInvestor at Afore CapitalSumeet SinghPartner at Andreessen HorowitzAli RohdeCo-Founder and General Partner at Outset Capital

+ 4 more