About
Shirsendu Halder holds a computer science degree from IIT Roorkee and a degree in computer science and robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. He has conducted machine learning and computer vision research at Apple, Lockheed Martin, INRIA, Université Laval, and the Indian Statistical Institute, with publications in major academic venues including CVPR, ICCV, ACCV, and IJCV.
Co-Founder & Head of ML at JarminYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Shirsendu went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Jarmin's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Shirsendu can intro founders to Jarmin's investors below.
Jarmin's investors · 1
Co-founders at Jarmin
CB
Chalmers BrownCo-Founder & CEO
ZL
Zack LemanCo-Founder & CTO
Experience
- Jarmin (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AppleML Engineer (GenAI/CV)2021 — 2025Cupertino, CA
- Lockheed MartinGraduate Student Researcher2019 — 2021Greater Pittsburgh Area
- Université LavalResearcher2019
- InriaResearcher2018Paris Area, France
- Indian Statistical Instiute, KolkataResearch Intern2017 — 2018Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- WebStaff Co., Ltd.Software Developer2017Osaka, Japan
- HILABSINCSoftware Developer2016 — 2017Baltimore, Maryland Area
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shirsendu Halder?
- Shirsendu Halder holds a computer science degree from IIT Roorkee and a degree in computer science and robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. He has conducted machine learning and computer vision research at Apple, Lockheed Martin, INRIA, Université Laval, and the Indian Statistical Institute, with publications in major academic venues including CVPR, ICCV, ACCV, and IJCV.
- Where does Shirsendu Halder work?
- Shirsendu Halder is Co-Founder & Head of ML of Jarmin.
- What companies did Shirsendu Halder found?
- Shirsendu Halder founded Jarmin.
- Where did Shirsendu Halder go to school?
- Shirsendu Halder studied at Y Combinator (F25); Carnegie Mellon University (MS Research, Robotics/CS); Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science).
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