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Rohit Agarwal

Founder

Founder at Touchy

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedTouchy · YC

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1,609 people in our graph share verified history with Rohit — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Dana OshirounlockedRohit: together at University of California, Berkeley (2024)
×10Rohit: together at Y Combinator
Rohit: together at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)

About

Rohit Agarwal is the founder of Touchy (YC S26) and a CS PhD student at Princeton's PLI in the Hazan Lab, also affiliated with Google DeepMind. He previously worked at Duolingo, did theory research at Berkeley, and earned an EECS bachelor's degree in 2024.

Founder at TouchyYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Rohit went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Vivian Midha Shen — the partner who ran Touchy's batch and knows the company first-hand.

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Touchy's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Touchy

ALAndrew Liu
Andrew LiuFounder
KWKevin Wang
Kevin WangFounder

Experience

  1. Touchy (YC S26)Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Princeton UniversityGraduate Student Researchercurrent2024 — presentPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
  3. Google DeepMindStudent Researcher2025 — 2026
  4. UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Teaching Assistant, CS189/289A, EECS126, EECS16B, CS61C2022 — 2023Berkeley, California, United States
  5. UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Undergraduate Student Researcher (Theory REU)2023
  6. UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Undergraduate Research Assistant (SLICE Lab)2022 — 2023
  7. UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Reader/Tutor, CS61A, EECS16B, EECS1262021 — 2022
  8. DuolingoSoftware Engineering Intern2022
  9. Berkeley LabURAP Researcher2021Berkeley, California, United States
  10. AllganizeSoftware Engineer Intern2021
  11. New Jersey Institute of TechnologyCivil Engineering Intern2020Newark, New Jersey, United States
  12. Hackensack University Medical CenterResearch Associate2019 — 2020Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
  13. New Jersey Center For Teaching and Learning (CTL)Curriculum Writer2018Teterboro, New Jersey, United States

Skills & more

Problem Solving5Microsoft ExcelObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)1Python (Programming Language)6C++C#osu!6Mathematical ModelingMATLABSimulinkAutodesk Fusion 360Java1
+9 moreTutoringLiterature ReviewsLinuxBashGitROOTData AnalysisProbability TheoryData Structures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Rohit Agarwal?
Rohit Agarwal is the founder of Touchy (YC S26) and a CS PhD student at Princeton's PLI in the Hazan Lab, also affiliated with Google DeepMind. He previously worked at Duolingo, did theory research at Berkeley, and earned an EECS bachelor's degree in 2024.
Where does Rohit Agarwal work?
Rohit Agarwal is Founder of Touchy.
What companies did Rohit Agarwal found?
Rohit Agarwal founded Touchy.
Where did Rohit Agarwal go to school?
Rohit Agarwal studied at Princeton University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro (High School Diploma, Aerospace).

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