About
Shahryar Hasnani held a business development leadership role at an Ethereum infrastructure company before founding Karsa, which provides stablecoin savings services for emerging markets.
Shah @0xlilshah
Today, we're incredibly excited to announce USD accounts for Pakistan. The first one built for this market's needs. The first one built on stablecoin + banking rails. Freelancers, remote workers, & crypto users can get paid & send funds globally, spend with their card, or https://t.co/bPao3tGH1P
Jan 21, 2026 · ♥ 10 · ⇄ 1
Shah @0xlilshah
finally someone making sense only real demand for local stables rn is from (A) local regulators & (B) companies working with (A) not a useful SoV, doesn’t magically solve FX, doesn’t beat most domestic payment rails if govts mandate, sure; but don’t mistake it for user demand https://t.co/RYRjQJxIFn
Nov 7, 2025 · ♥ 8
Shah @0xlilshah
may i propose a new auth for the @privy_io roadmap https://t.co/dNu83hshrX https://t.co/avWIC7l2cI
Oct 17, 2025 · ♥ 7
Founder at KarsaYC W25
Intro paths
Shahryar went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Karsa's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Shahryar can intro founders to Karsa's investors below.
Karsa's investors · 2
Co-founders at Karsa
Experience
- Karsa (YC W25)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- ScrollPartnerships Lead2024New York, United States
- ScrollPartnerships Manager2022 — 2024
- L.E.K. ConsultingAssociate2021 — 2022Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Capital OneProduct Management & Analytics Intern2020
- Newmarket CapitalAnalyst Intern2019Greater Philadelphia
Education
- Northwestern UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Economics and Creative Writing2018 — 2021
Skills & more
From Shahryar's professional profile.
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Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Shared employers
Also worked at Karsa (YC W25)1
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Also worked at Capital One156
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