Siddhant Paliwal
FounderFounder at Specific Labs
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSpecific Labs · YC
About
Siddhant Paliwal is co-founder and CTO of Specific Labs. He previously worked at Third Chair (a YC-backed company) and Intel, and founded a company at age 15.
Founder at Specific LabsYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Siddhant went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Specific Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Siddhant can intro founders to Specific Labs's investors below.
Specific Labs's investors · 1
Co-founders at Specific Labs
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Janak SunilCo-Founder
Experience
- Specific Labs (YC F25)Co-Founder, CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Third Chair (YC X25)Engineering2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Intel CorporationEngineering2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Ezepark Parking SolutionsFounder2017 — 2020Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Skills & more
MongoDB2SQLite2SQL2React.jsVue.jsPython (Programming Language)Product Development1Swift (Programming Language)C++JupyterPandas (Software)Figma (Software)
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LeadershipLanguages English · French · Hindi · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Siddhant Paliwal?
- Siddhant Paliwal is co-founder and CTO of Specific Labs. He previously worked at Third Chair (a YC-backed company) and Intel, and founded a company at age 15.
- Where does Siddhant Paliwal work?
- Siddhant Paliwal is Founder of Specific Labs.
- What companies did Siddhant Paliwal found?
- Siddhant Paliwal founded Specific Labs.
- Where did Siddhant Paliwal go to school?
- Siddhant Paliwal studied at Y Combinator; UCLA (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science); UCLA (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics).
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