About
Sid Rajaram previously worked on autonomous vehicle systems and agricultural robotics at Blue River Technology, John Deere, and Amazon, as well as infrastructure projects at MinIO. He also founded and grew BunchOfAdvice.com, a community college student guidance platform.
Founder at CLODOYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Sid went through Y Combinator (Summer 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 Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran CLODO's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Sid can intro founders to CLODO's investors below.
CLODO's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at CLODO
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Rithvik ChuppalaFounder
Experience
- CLODOCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 β presentUnited States
- MinIOEngineer2023 β 2025
- PlusEngineering2022United States
- Blue River TechnologyEngineering2021 β 2022
- AmazonSDE, Amazon Prime2021
- Samsung ElectronicsPerception (ATG)2020
- John DeereComputer Vision, Manufacturing2020Champaign, Illinois, United States
- activefitnesschair.comApp Developer2017 β 2019Palo Alto
- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)Research Intern2016 β 2019Stanford University
Skills & more
Amazon Web Services (AWS)5ClickHouse5Robot Operating System (ROS)4MongoDB2Apache Airflow2DevOps2Machine Learning2Django3Python (Programming Language)5Docker1Web Development6iOS Development1
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Android DevelopmentHTMLLinuxSwiftC (Programming Language)JavaScriptApachePostgreSQLCeleryPublic SpeakingKerasTensorFlowLanguages English Β· Spanish
- Amateur Radio Operator (Technician Class) β Federal Communications Commission
From Sid's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sid Rajaram?
- Sid Rajaram previously worked on autonomous vehicle systems and agricultural robotics at Blue River Technology, John Deere, and Amazon, as well as infrastructure projects at MinIO. He also founded and grew BunchOfAdvice.com, a community college student guidance platform.
- Where does Sid Rajaram work?
- Sid Rajaram is Founder of CLODO.
- What companies did Sid Rajaram found?
- Sid Rajaram founded CLODO.
- Where did Sid Rajaram go to school?
- Sid Rajaram studied at Y Combinator (S25); University of California, Berkeley (physics, philosophy); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (statistics, computer science).
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University of California, Berkeley mafia538
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Blue River Technology mafia3
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Shared employers
Also worked at CLODO1
Also worked at Plus5
Also worked at Blue River Technology5
Also worked at Amazon645
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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