About
Shashij Gupta is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Cekura. He previously worked as a quantitative researcher at a trading firm and as an NLP researcher at Google Research, with published work on transformer testing from his time at ETH Zurich. He holds a degree in computer science from IIT Bombay.
Founder at CekuraYC F24
Intro paths
YC
Shashij went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Cekura's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Shashij can intro founders to Cekura's investors below.
Cekura's investors · 3
Co-founders at Cekura
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Tarush AgarwalFounder
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Sidhant KabraFounder
Experience
- CekuraCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Graviton Research Capital LLPQuantitative Researcher2021 — 2024
- PolyMage LabsSoftware Engineer2021
- EdverhubFounder2020 — 2021
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2020
- Irage Broking Services LLPQuantitative Researcher2020
- ETH ZürichResearch Assistant2019Zurich, Switzerland
Skills & more
Microsoft Office7Microsoft Excel6Microsoft WordMicrosoft PowerPointCustomer Service6ResearchSalesSocial MediaLeadershipPublic Speaking
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shashij Gupta?
- Shashij Gupta is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Cekura. He previously worked as a quantitative researcher at a trading firm and as an NLP researcher at Google Research, with published work on transformer testing from his time at ETH Zurich. He holds a degree in computer science from IIT Bombay.
- Where does Shashij Gupta work?
- Shashij Gupta is Founder of Cekura.
- What companies did Shashij Gupta found?
- Shashij Gupta founded Cekura.
- Where did Shashij Gupta go to school?
- Shashij Gupta studied at Y Combinator (F24); Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (F24).
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