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Shaunak Srivastava

Founder

Founder/CEO at Dexto

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedDexto Β· YC

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Garry TanunlockedShaunak: together at Y Combinator (2025)
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About

Shaunak Srivastava is a co-founder at Truffle AI who previously conducted generative AI and 3D research at Carnegie Mellon University, with published work in top-tier computer vision conferences. He has built AI products focused on face recognition and health estimation at Hyperverge.

Founder/CEO at DextoYC W25

Intro paths

YC

Shaunak went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) 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 Dexto's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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Co-founders at Dexto

RKRahul Karajgikar
Rahul KarajgikarFounder/CTO

Experience

  1. Truffle AICo-Foundercurrent2024 β€” present
  2. Perz AICo-Founder2024
  3. HyperVergeMachine Learning Engineer2022 β€” 2023
  4. HyperVergeMachine Learning Engineer2022
  5. Carnegie Mellon University Robotics InstituteResearch Intern2021 β€” 2022Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  6. WorldQuantResearch Consultant2019
  7. Carraro Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.Summer Intern2019
  8. Department of Sponsorship and Marketing, BITS Pilani - Goa CampusMarketing Manager2018 β€” 2019Goa

Skills & more

Computer Vision8Deep Learning1Marketing1Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Robot Operating System (ROS)1Management16Leadership4Public Speaking1Python13C3C++2
  • Algorithmic Toolbox β€” Coursera
  • Data Structures β€” Coursera
  • Deep Learning Specialization β€” Coursera
  • Sequence Models β€” Coursera
  • Convolutional Neural Networks β€” Coursera
  • Structuring Machine Learning Projects β€” Coursera
  • Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization β€” Coursera
  • Neural Networks and Deep Learning β€” Coursera

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Shaunak Srivastava?
Shaunak Srivastava is a co-founder at Truffle AI who previously conducted generative AI and 3D research at Carnegie Mellon University, with published work in top-tier computer vision conferences. He has built AI products focused on face recognition and health estimation at Hyperverge.
Where does Shaunak Srivastava work?
Shaunak Srivastava is Founder/CEO of Dexto.
What companies did Shaunak Srivastava found?
Shaunak Srivastava founded Dexto.
Where did Shaunak Srivastava go to school?
Shaunak Srivastava studied at Y Combinator (Winter 2025); Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (B.E ECE + M.Sc Maths, Mathematics and Electronics and Communications Engineering).

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