Shaunak Srivastava
FounderFounder/CEO at Dexto
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedDexto Β· YC
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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
Shaunak went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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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Dexto's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Dexto

Experience
- Truffle AICo-Foundercurrent2024 β present
- Perz AICo-Founder2024
- HyperVergeMachine Learning Engineer2022 β 2023
- HyperVergeMachine Learning Engineer2022
- Carnegie Mellon University Robotics InstituteResearch Intern2021 β 2022Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- WorldQuantResearch Consultant2019
- Carraro Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.Summer Intern2019
- Department of Sponsorship and Marketing, BITS Pilani - Goa CampusMarketing Manager2018 β 2019Goa
Skills & more
- 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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Also worked at Truffle AI1
Also worked at HyperVerge4
Also worked at Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute7
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