About
Viraat Das is a machine learning engineer who previously worked at Amazon and now leads Exla as CEO.
Founder at ExlaYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Viraat went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Exla's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Viraat can intro founders to Exla's investors below.
Exla's investors · 2
Co-founders at Exla
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Pranav NairCo-Founder
Experience
- Exla CorpCofounder and CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AmazonMachine Learning Engineer / Software Engineer II2021 — 2024
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2020Seattle, Washington, United States
- Purdue UniversitySystem Administrator2019West Lafayette, IN
- Purdue UniversityResearcher (3D CAD AI)2019
- West Virginia UniversityResearcher (Bioinformatics)2019
- West Virginia UniversityResearcher (Computational Neuroscience)2017 — 2019
- West Virginia UniversityResearcher (Physics and Material Engineering)2016 — 2017
Skills & more
Research7Leadership6Management2Teamwork4Project Management3Java3Python7Swift3Matlab3Data Analysis3Machine Learning3SQL2
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C++Team LeadershipPublic SpeakingExperimental researchTensorFlowDiscrete MathematicsFrom Viraat's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Viraat Das?
- Viraat Das is a machine learning engineer who previously worked at Amazon and now leads Exla as CEO.
- Where does Viraat Das work?
- Viraat Das is Founder of Exla.
- What companies did Viraat Das found?
- Viraat Das founded Exla.
- Where did Viraat Das go to school?
- Viraat Das studied at Purdue University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); West Virginia University (Took classes and did research as a HS student, Mathematics Computer Science); Morgantown High School.
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Shared employers
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