About
Rithvik Chuppala held engineering positions at Nvidia, Google, Databricks, and Citadel before co-founding CLODO. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley.
Founder at CLODOYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Rithvik 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 Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran CLODO's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Rithvik can intro founders to CLODO's investors below.
CLODO's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at CLODO
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Sid RajaramFounder
Experience
- ClodoCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco, CA
- DatabricksSoftware Engineering2024 β 2025Mountain View, CA
- UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Graduate Student Researcher2022 β 2024Berkeley, CA
- CitadelQuant Developer2023New York, NY
- DatabricksSoftware Engineering2023San Francisco, CA
- University of California, BerkeleyHead TA/uGSI: CS 186 (Database Systems)2021 β 2023
- VerkadaSoftware Engineering, Security2022San Mateo, CA
- GoogleSoftware Engineering2021San Francisco, CA
- NVIDIASoftware & Hardware Engineering2020Santa Clara, CA
- Naval Postgraduate SchoolResearch Intern2017 β 2018Monterey, California
Skills & more
Authorization6IAM3Identity and Access Management (IAM)2Secure Authentication2Security1NetworkingWeb Services APIService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)1Compilers1Design Verification Testing1Kubernetes1Protocol Buffers
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Software DevelopmentGoAzure DatabricksScalaOAuthGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP).NET FrameworkCloud FirestoreEmbedded SystemsC#Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software as a Service (SaaS)Languages English Β· Hindi Β· Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rithvik Chuppala?
- Rithvik Chuppala held engineering positions at Nvidia, Google, Databricks, and Citadel before co-founding CLODO. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley.
- Where does Rithvik Chuppala work?
- Rithvik Chuppala is Founder of CLODO.
- What companies did Rithvik Chuppala found?
- Rithvik Chuppala founded CLODO.
- Where did Rithvik Chuppala go to school?
- Rithvik Chuppala studied at University of California, Berkeley (Master of Science - MS, EECS); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science - BS, EECS); Monta Vista High School.
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