Where does Rohit Agarwal work?

Rohit Agarwal is Founder of 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).

Rohit Agarwal

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Founder at Touchy

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FoundedTouchy · YC

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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 Touchy YC S26

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

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

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Batch Ventures Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Touchy

Andrew LiuFounder

Kevin WangFounder

Experience

Touchy (YC S26)Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Princeton UniversityGraduate Student Researchercurrent2024 — presentPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
Google DeepMindStudent Researcher2025 — 2026
UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Teaching Assistant, CS189/289A, EECS126, EECS16B, CS61C2022 — 2023Berkeley, California, United States
UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Undergraduate Student Researcher (Theory REU)2023
UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Undergraduate Research Assistant (SLICE Lab)2022 — 2023
UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Reader/Tutor, CS61A, EECS16B, EECS1262021 — 2022
DuolingoSoftware Engineering Intern2022
Berkeley LabURAP Researcher2021Berkeley, California, United States
AllganizeSoftware Engineer Intern2021
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyCivil Engineering Intern2020Newark, New Jersey, United States
Hackensack University Medical CenterResearch Associate2019 — 2020Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
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

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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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