About
Rohan Kulkarni is a co-founder and CTO of Ask Geri, which was acquired, and a graduate of Berkeley's EECS program. He is currently building AI-powered workforce management software for small and medium-sized businesses.
Founder at AshrYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Rohan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Harshita Arora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ashr's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Rohan can intro founders to Ashr's investors below.
Ashr's investors · 1
Co-founders at Ashr
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Shreyas KapsFounder
Experience
- ashr (YC W26)Co-Founder and CEOcurrent2025 — present
- Geri AICo-Founder (Acquired)current2022 — presentFolsom, California, United States
- Formula Electric at BerkeleySoftware Engineer2024 — 2025Berkeley, California, United States
- Schmidt FuturesRise Global Finalist 20232023 — 2025
- Amazed SocialFounder2022 — 2025
- Hands4Hope - Youth Making a DifferenceVolunteer2022 — 2024
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityStudent Researcher2021 — 2024
- Code NinjasCode Sensei2023 — 2024
- Milgard Windows and DoorsIntern2023
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rohan Kulkarni?
- Rohan Kulkarni is a co-founder and CTO of Ask Geri, which was acquired, and a graduate of Berkeley's EECS program. He is currently building AI-powered workforce management software for small and medium-sized businesses.
- Where does Rohan Kulkarni work?
- Rohan Kulkarni is Founder of Ashr.
- What companies did Rohan Kulkarni found?
- Rohan Kulkarni founded Ashr.
- Where did Rohan Kulkarni go to school?
- Rohan Kulkarni studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Vista Del Lago High School; Y Combinator.
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