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Shiv Sakhuja

Founder

Founder at Gooseworks

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedGooseworks Β· YC

About

Shiv Sakhuja co-founded Gooseworks AI, which develops creative engines for AI advertising, and previously co-founded Athina AI, an LLM observability platform. He worked as an engineer at Google and Troops.ai (acquired by Salesforce), focusing on natural language chatbot development.

Founder at GooseworksYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Shiv went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future β€” the partner who ran Gooseworks's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Shiv can intro founders to Gooseworks's investors below.

Gooseworks's investors Β· 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2023

Co-founders at Gooseworks

HBHimanshu Bamoria
Himanshu BamoriaFounder

Experience

  1. Gooseworks (YC W23)Co-Foundercurrent2026 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Athina AI (YC W23)Co-Founder2023 β€” 2026San Francisco Bay Area
  3. GoogleEngineer2019 β€” 2022New York
  4. TroopsEngineer2016 β€” 2019Greater New York City Area

Skills & more

Content Strategy5Marketing5Tokenization5Decentralized Applications (DApps)1Web31Web Design27Programming21Java21Graphic Design11Photography10HTML10OS X8
+12 moreiPhone Application DevelopmentObjective-CPhotoshopIllustratorAfter EffectsActionScriptiOS DevelopmentRuby on RailsLeadershipFront-end DevelopmentBackendBack-End Web Development

Languages English Β· French Β· Hindi

From Shiv's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Shiv Sakhuja?
Shiv Sakhuja co-founded Gooseworks AI, which develops creative engines for AI advertising, and previously co-founded Athina AI, an LLM observability platform. He worked as an engineer at Google and Troops.ai (acquired by Salesforce), focusing on natural language chatbot development.
Where does Shiv Sakhuja work?
Shiv Sakhuja is Founder of Gooseworks.
What companies did Shiv Sakhuja found?
Shiv Sakhuja founded Gooseworks.
Where did Shiv Sakhuja go to school?
Shiv Sakhuja studied at Y Combinator; Columbia University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Modern School.

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Himanshu BamoriaFounder at Gooseworks

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