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Srikar Dandamuraju

Founder

Co-Founder & CEO at Alter

New York, New York, United States

FoundedAlter · YC

About

Srikar Dandamuraju is co-founder and CEO of Alter, an identity and access control platform for AI agents. He previously led platform engineering at Goldman Sachs, where he worked on post-trade infrastructure and card products, and held software engineering roles at Addepar and Clear Street.

Co-Founder & CEO at AlterYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Srikar went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Alter's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

In turn, Srikar can intro founders to Alter's investors below.

Co-founders at Alter

KDKevan Dodhia
Kevan DodhiaCo-Founder & CTO

Experience

  1. AlterCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Goldman SachsSoftware Engineer2023 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
  3. Clear StreetSoftware Engineer2022 — 2023New York City Metropolitan Area
  4. AddeparSenior Software Engineer2021 — 2022New York, United States
  5. Goldman SachsSoftware Engineer, Marcus2019 — 2021New York, New York, United States
  6. Goldman SachsSoftware Engineering Intern2018Greater New York City Area

Skills & more

Strategic PlanningTeamworkPublic SpeakingLeadershipTeam LeadershipDistributed SystemsEmber.jsKubernetesGo (Programming Language)1Algorithms2Data Structures2Data Analysis
+12 moreAgile MethodologiesARM AssemblyConcurrent ProgrammingParallel AlgorithmsParallel ProgrammingParallel ComputingJava ConcurrencyTypeScriptGitKafka StreamsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Kotlin

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Srikar Dandamuraju?
Srikar Dandamuraju is co-founder and CEO of Alter, an identity and access control platform for AI agents. He previously led platform engineering at Goldman Sachs, where he worked on post-trade infrastructure and card products, and held software engineering roles at Addepar and Clear Street.
Where does Srikar Dandamuraju work?
Srikar Dandamuraju is Co-Founder & CEO of Alter.
What companies did Srikar Dandamuraju found?
Srikar Dandamuraju founded Alter.
Where did Srikar Dandamuraju go to school?
Srikar Dandamuraju studied at Y Combinator; The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor's degree, Economics).

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