About
Sriya Maram is cofounder and CEO of Persana AI. She previously worked as a product manager at LinkedIn on customer data platforms and has prior experience building generative AI tools.
Co-founder and CEO at Persana AIYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Sriya went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Persana AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sriya can intro founders to Persana AI's investors below.
Persana AI's investors · 2
Co-founders at Persana AI
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Rush ShahaniFounder
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Sriya MFounder
Experience
- inVest VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Art of AICo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- RoxAI Product & Growth2026San Francisco, California, United States
- Persana AICo-Founder and CEO (acq)2023 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- LinkedInProduct Manager2021 — 2023
- LinkedInProduct TPM2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- HackDavisPresident2016 — 2019Davis, California
- LinkedInTechnical Program Manager Intern2018Sunnyvale, California
- StripeCompliance and Product Intern2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Rainforest QACustomer Success Management Intern2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Fremont Unified School DistrictStudents United for the Representation to the Fremont Unified School District Board of Education2013 — 2015Fremont, California
- MSJ Make-A-WishPresident2012 — 2015Mission San Jose High School
- MSJTV: Mission San Jose TelevisionExecutive Producer2011 — 2015Mission San Jose High School
- UC BerkeleyLab Intern2014Simms Lab
Skills & more
Product LeadershipStart-up VenturesEntrepreneurship3Artificial Intelligence (AI)3Product Management1ViralCopyResearch25Customer Relationship Management (CRM)15Business Strategy15Project Management19Public Speaking22Public Relations16
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sriya Maram?
- Sriya Maram is cofounder and CEO of Persana AI. She previously worked as a product manager at LinkedIn on customer data platforms and has prior experience building generative AI tools.
- Where does Sriya Maram work?
- Sriya Maram is Co-founder and CEO of Persana AI.
- What companies did Sriya Maram found?
- Sriya Maram founded Persana AI.
- Where did Sriya Maram go to school?
- Sriya Maram studied at Y Combinator (Winter 2023 Batch); University of California, Davis (Bachelor’s Degree, Cognitive Science - Computational); Mission San Jose High School (High School).
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