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Shravan Kumaran

Founder

Founder at supercontrast

San Francisco, California, United States

Foundedsupercontrast · YC

About

Shravan Kumaran is the CTO at supercontrast, an AI design platform. He previously led AI asset generation at Google Stadia and founded Gencraft at Hive, an AI art generation tool.

Founder at supercontrastYC F24

Intro paths

YC

Shravan 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 David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran supercontrast's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Shravan can intro founders to supercontrast's investors below.

supercontrast's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at supercontrast

CMCarter McClellan
Carter McClellanFounder

Experience

  1. JuxtaposeAI Engineer in Residencecurrent2025 — present
  2. supercontrastCo-Founder2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  3. Stealth StartupCo-Founder2023 — 2024United States
  4. HiveSoftware Engineer2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  5. GoogleSoftware Engineer2020 — 2022
  6. GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2019
  7. NintendoSoftware Engineering Intern2018Greater Seattle Area

Skills & more

Rust (Programming Language)Python5Java4C4SQL2Matlab1AutoCAD1C++1GitVideoDistributed SystemsMLOps
+8 moreSoftware InfrastructureSoftware DesignData AnalysisMathematicsPhysicsDesignSimulationsNumerical Analysis

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Shravan Kumaran?
Shravan Kumaran is the CTO at supercontrast, an AI design platform. He previously led AI asset generation at Google Stadia and founded Gencraft at Hive, an AI art generation tool.
Where does Shravan Kumaran work?
Shravan Kumaran is Founder of supercontrast.
What companies did Shravan Kumaran found?
Shravan Kumaran founded supercontrast.
Where did Shravan Kumaran go to school?
Shravan Kumaran studied at UC Berkeley College of Engineering (Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Bridgewater Raritan High School (High School Diploma).

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Nintendo mafia2

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Same school

Also attended UC Berkeley College of Engineering65

Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAlejandro GomezInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Alpin YukselogluPartner, Investing & Research at ParadigmDivyansh SaksenaAnalyst at Congruent VenturesEdward YangSenior Associate at Prelude VenturesLan WuAnalyst at Fusion

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Shared employers

Also worked at Juxtapose13

Nikhil MarathePrincipal at F-Prime Capital PartnersAnne-Marie ShelleyGeneral Counsel at JUXTAPOSE VENTURESCameron SimpsonDirector of Strategy and Operations at JUXTAPOSE VENTURESColin FraserPrincipal of Concept Development at JUXTAPOSE VENTURESTracy OsbornGeneral Manager at TinySeedAlex McQuadeVP of Programs at TinySeed

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Also worked at supercontrast1

Carter McClellanFounder at supercontrast

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Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray Ventures

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