About
Srihan Balaji previously worked in research roles at Lockheed Martin and Amazon Web Services, focusing on reinforcement learning applications for video intelligence. He is now building intelligence infrastructure for public safety applications.
Co-Founder at ProtentYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Srihan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Protent's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Srihan can intro founders to Protent's investors below.
Protent's investors · 1
Co-founders at Protent
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Abhisheik SharmaCo-Founder & CTO
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Srihan Balaji?
- Srihan Balaji previously worked in research roles at Lockheed Martin and Amazon Web Services, focusing on reinforcement learning applications for video intelligence. He is now building intelligence infrastructure for public safety applications.
- Where does Srihan Balaji work?
- Srihan Balaji is Co-Founder of Protent.
- What companies did Srihan Balaji found?
- Srihan Balaji founded Protent.
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