About
Roop Pal studied computer science at Columbia University and worked as a software engineer at Google and Waymo on computer vision and machine learning projects. He previously founded and bootstrapped a logistics SaaS startup to acquisition.
Co-Founder at Bild AIYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Roop went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Bild AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Roop can intro founders to Bild AI's investors below.
Bild AI's investors · 3
Co-founders at Bild AI
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Puneet SukhijaCo-Founder
Experience
- Bild AICo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Andreessen HorowitzAngel Investorcurrent2026 — present
- TruceCo-Founder2021 — 2024
- WaymoSoftware Engineer2021 — 2023Mountain View, California, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2019 — 2021Mountain View, California, United States
- Columbia UniversityTeaching Assistant2018
- Columbia UniversityStudent Researcher at Creative Machines Lab2017 — 2018
- Columbia UniversityStudent Researcher at Computer Graphics User Interface Lab2018
- IBMExtreme Blue Intern2018Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
- KPMGCognitive Automation Intern2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- Bard College at Simon's RockStudent Researcher2016 — 2017
- Bard College at Simon's RockTeaching Assistant2016 — 2017
- Affirmed NetworksSoftware Development Intern2016Greater Boston
- IcepirationBackend Developer2015Somerset, New Jersey
Education
- Y Combinator
- Columbia EngineeringBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2017 — 2019
- Bard College at Simon's RockBachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics and Computer Science2015 — 2017
- West-Windsor Plainsboro High School NorthHigh School2014 — 2015
Skills & more
Leadership5ConstructionConstruction EstimatingAutomationJava, Spring, Hibernate, log4j, AspectJPython, Flask3MySQLJava Profilers, Jetty, Git, Maven, JUnit, Numpy, ScipyHTML, CSS and JavaScript, Bootstrap, Less, Sass, Node.jsSoftware Development4Machine Learning1Deep Learning1
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Deep Reinforcement LearningComputer VisionNatural Language Processing (NLP)RoboticsConvolutional Neural Networks (CNN)Supervised LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Computer ScienceC++SQLImage ProcessingData ScienceLanguages Bengali · German
From Roop's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator1,466
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Also attended Columbia Engineering35
Peter ParkerManaging General Partner at Mission BiocapitalLaszlo CzirjakManaging Partner at Interactive Venture Partners LlcKerry WuAssociate VP, Research & Partnerships at The Westly GroupTyler LancasterPartner — Co-Head of Ventures at Energize VenturesRaymond LiaoManaging Director at Samsung NextEdward ChenManaging Director, Investment Team at Runway Growth Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Bild AI1
Also worked at Waymo21
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalRenee ShahPartner at Redpoint VenturesKonstantine BuhlerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalAlex NicholsInvestor at CapitalGKerry WuAssociate VP, Research & Partnerships at The Westly Group
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Also worked at Google1,088
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis
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