Rishi Srihari
FounderFounder at Opennote
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedOpennote Β· 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.
Founder at OpennoteYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Rishi went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) β 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 β the partner who ran Opennote's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Rishi can intro founders to Opennote's investors below.
Opennote's investors Β· 5
Co-founders at Opennote
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Abhi AryaCo-Founder and CTO
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Vedant VyasFounder
Experience
- ReductoProduct Engineeringcurrent2026 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- OpennoteCo-Founder, CEO2025 β 2026San Francisco, California, United States
- Afore CapitalFounder-in-Residence2025San Francisco, California, United States
- BrowserbaseSoftware2025
- UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer SciencesLearning Assistant2024 β 2025Irvine, California, United States
- NASA SUITSSoftware Engineering Research Intern2023 β 2024Irvine, California, United States
Skills & more
Front-End DevelopmentDatabase DesignWeb ScrapingDiscrete MathematicsUniversity TeachingBoolean LogicTwo-factor AuthenticationArtificial Intelligence (AI)TypeScriptNext.js3Google Cloud Platform (GCP)3Tailwind CSS3
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DatabasesAndroid DevelopmentPresentation SkillsProject DeliveryTeam LeadershipProject ManagementWeb DesignCreative WritingPublic SpeakingCommunicationProblem SolvingJavaLanguages English Β· Spanish Β· Tamil
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rishi Srihari?
- 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.
- Where does Rishi Srihari work?
- Rishi Srihari is Founder of Opennote.
- What companies did Rishi Srihari found?
- Rishi Srihari founded Opennote.
- Where did Rishi Srihari go to school?
- Rishi Srihari studied at Y Combinator; UC Irvine (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Singapore American School.
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UC Irvine mafia39
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Afore Capital mafia12
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Shared employers
Also worked at Reducto5
Also worked at Opennote4
Also worked at Afore Capital31
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
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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
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