About
Saai Arora is CTO at Replicas and previously held engineering roles at Ramp, General Context, Shopify, IBM, and Autotrader. He holds a degree in computer science from the University of Waterloo.
Founder/CTO at ReplicasYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Saai went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) 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 Replicas's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Saai can intro founders to Replicas's investors below.
Replicas's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Replicas
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Connor LoiFounder
Experience
- ReplicasCTO/Co-foundercurrent2026 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- General Context LabsFounding Engineer2025 β 2026New York, United States
- ShopifySoftware Engineer Intern2025
- IBMSoftware Engineer Intern2025Markham, Ontario, Canada
- SqueakCo-Founder2024 β 2025Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- AutoTrader.caSoftware Engineer Intern2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Student Works Management ProgramSales Associate2022
- StackJam OrganizationMarketing Director2021 β 2022
- Real Canadian SuperstoreHot Meal Replacement Clerk2020 β 2021Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Skills & more
Kafka2TypeScriptFinancial AnalysisCorporate FinanceFinancial AccountingOrganizational DevelopmentProject ManagementAlgorithms1Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)NetworkingData Structures1Machine Learning
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KubernetesGOGCPREXXSonarqubeCustomer ServiceEnglishReactRubyRuby on RailsOperating SystemsDatabasesFrom Saai's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Saai Arora?
- Saai Arora is CTO at Replicas and previously held engineering roles at Ramp, General Context, Shopify, IBM, and Autotrader. He holds a degree in computer science from the University of Waterloo.
- Where does Saai Arora work?
- Saai Arora is Founder/CTO of Replicas.
- What companies did Saai Arora found?
- Saai Arora founded Replicas.
- Where did Saai Arora go to school?
- Saai Arora studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor of computer science - BCS, Computer Science); Wilfrid Laurier University (Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA); Y Combinator (P26).
Founder mafias
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University of Waterloo mafia200
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Shopify mafia33
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Wilfrid Laurier University mafia15
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Replicas1
Also worked at IBM710
Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of CoinbaseOlivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of DatadogAlexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of DatadogKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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