Where does Varun Kandula work?

Varun Kandula is Founder of Kinect.

What companies has Varun Kandula invested in?

Investments tracked here include Human Archive, Rudus.

Where did Varun Kandula go to school?

Varun Kandula studied at University of California, Berkeley (B.A in Computer Science, Data Science); UC Berkeley College of Engineering (SCET Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Technology); Columbia University (Columbia Science Honors Program (SHP)).

Varun Kandula

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Founder at Kinect

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKinect · YC

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About

Varun Kandula is a co-founder at Kinect who previously led the Context Graph team at Reevo and held engineering positions at MongoDB and Capital One. He has advised on AI tools for Reevo clients and has experience in e-commerce and consulting, having served as President of NextGen Consulting where he worked with retail brands.

Founder at Kinect YC X26

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Varun went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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Kinect's investors · 3

Founders FactoryLondon · $150K – $200K checks VTM Vending LLCCleveland Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Kinect

Kratik AgrawalFounder

Experience

KinectFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
ReevoBuilder2025 — 2026San Francisco, CA
MongoDBEngineering2024New York City Metropolitan Area
NextGen Consulting at BerkeleyPresident2023
NextGen Consulting at BerkeleyVice President of External Affairs2022 — 2023
Ford Motor CompanyEngineering2023Detroit Metropolitan Area
CruuzEngineering2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

CommunicationTeam LeadershipRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)1Vector Databases1Knowledge Graph EmbeddingsAI AgentsPrompt EngineeringAPI DevelopmentNatural Language Processing (NLP)Amazon VPCCI/CDAWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM)

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Large Language Models (LLM)Full-Stack DevelopmentArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data VisualizationProject ManagementCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Robot Operating System (ROS)Google Maps APISSH ClientDeep LearningPokerJira

Languages English · Spanish · Telugu

Terraform for AWS — Udemy
SkyDeck ACE Intern Program — Berkeley SkyDeck
The Complete JavaScript Course — Udemy
Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish — Global Seal of Biliteracy

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Investments

Investor

Human Archive Rudus

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Who is Varun Kandula?: Varun Kandula is a co-founder at Kinect who previously led the Context Graph team at Reevo and held engineering positions at MongoDB and Capital One. He has advised on AI tools for Reevo clients and has experience in e-commerce and consulting, having served as President of NextGen Consulting where he worked with retail brands.
Where does Varun Kandula work?: Varun Kandula is Founder of Kinect.
What companies did Varun Kandula found?: Varun Kandula founded Kinect.
What companies has Varun Kandula invested in?: Investments tracked here include Human Archive, Rudus.
Where did Varun Kandula go to school?: Varun Kandula studied at University of California, Berkeley (B.A in Computer Science, Data Science); UC Berkeley College of Engineering (SCET Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Technology); Columbia University (Columbia Science Honors Program (SHP)).