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Rohan Mehta

Founder

Founder at Arcane

New York, New York, United States

FoundedArcane Β· YC

About

Rohan Mehta is a software engineer who previously founded Arcane and spent nearly nine years at Meta. He is currently based in New York.

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Rohan Mehta @_rohanmehta

Docs here: https://t.co/PigLNmvl3M

Mar 26, 2025 Β· β™₯ 9

Rohan Mehta @_rohanmehta

MCP support now available in the openai agents SDK! Especially love the tracing dashboard integration https://t.co/lsCEhNA9VA

Mar 26, 2025 Β· β™₯ 29 Β· ⇄ 2

Rohan Mehta @_rohanmehta

great team, great product https://t.co/TxiTCirxIW

Mar 18, 2025 Β· β™₯ 5

Founder at ArcaneYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Rohan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) 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 Arcane's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Rohan can intro founders to Arcane's investors below.

Arcane's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Arcane

LSLucas Switzer
Lucas SwitzerFounder

Experience

  1. OpenAIMember of Technical Staffcurrent2024 β€” presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Arcane (YC W24)Founder2023 β€” 2024New York, New York, United States
  3. MetaSoftware Engineer2014 β€” 2023New York, New York
  4. FacebookSoftware Engineer2013Menlo Park, CA

Education

  1. Colgate UniversityBachelors, Computer Science2010 β€” 2014
  2. Y CombinatorW242024

Skills & more

Mobile Application DevelopmentRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)OpenAI APIGenerative AIKotliniOS DevelopmentAndroidMobile ApplicationsAlgorithms4Programming3Computer Science2Android Development
+12 moreJavaScriptPythonObjective-CiOSJavaCC++HTMLNetworkingNumber TheoryHTML + CSSPython (Programming Language)

Languages English Β· Hindi

From Rohan'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

OpenAI mafia50

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sean GroveMember of Technical StaffFounded Linzumi +2Matt KrisiloffFounding Team MemberFounded Preventive +1Tanooj LuthraMember of Technical StaffFounded Elph +1Brian BrunnerMember of Technical StaffFounded DataShare +1Michael DAngeloMember of Technical StaffFounded PromptFoo +1Abhijeet DwivediStrategic Deployment / AI TransformationFounded Central +1

+ 43 more

Colgate University mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jake SeipBAFounded Aero +1Elise BatesBachelor's degreeFounded Attane HealthDaniel BarabanderBachelor of Arts (B.A.) salutatorian of class / summa cum laudeFounded HaywheelAdam PrattComputer ScienceFounded Henry

Same school

Also attended Colgate University74

David FialkowInvestment Team at General CatalystJack PierrepontInvestor at DN CapitalKelsey BeausoleilBusiness Development Network at Redpoint VenturesDevon McDonaldInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersStephanie ManningCOO & Head of Platform at Lerer HippeauBailey DickeyInvestor at Notable Capital

+ 68 more

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

Shared employers

Also worked at Arcane (YC W24)1

Lucas SwitzerFounder at Arcane

Also worked at Meta282

Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureKevin ColleranManaging Director at Slow VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 276 more

Also worked at Facebook482

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystIsabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at Revolution

+ 476 more