About
Yash Jain studied computer science at UC Berkeley and previously worked at Databricks and Amazon. He later joined Mercor before starting Rovr.
Founder at RovrYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Yash went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Rovr's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Yash can intro founders to Rovr's investors below.
Rovr's investors · 1
Co-founders at Rovr
AJ
Arnav JainFounder
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Nithik YekolluFounder
Experience
- Cogent SecurityMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — present
- Rovr (YC F25)Founder2025 — 2026
- MercorMember of Technical Staff2025
- DatabricksSoftware Engineer Intern2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Berkeley RISE LabResearch2024 — 2025
- AMDSoftware Engineer Intern2024 — 2025Santa Clara, California, United States
- AmazonSoftware Engineer Intern2024Palo Alto, California, United States
- Cue HealthSDE Intern2023
Skills & more
Apache AirflowFlaskPython (Programming Language)4Java3C (Programming Language)Swift (Programming Language)2PandasSQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)Spring Framework1Google Cloud Platform (GCP)1MongoDB1
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C++Node.jsReact.jsLeadershipApache SparkData StructuresTypeScriptMathematical ModelingWeb DevelopmentProgramming LanguagesUnleash- CodeSignal General Coding Assessment: 600/600 — CodeSignal
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yash Jain?
- Yash Jain studied computer science at UC Berkeley and previously worked at Databricks and Amazon. He later joined Mercor before starting Rovr.
- Where does Yash Jain work?
- Yash Jain is Founder of Rovr.
- What companies did Yash Jain found?
- Yash Jain founded Rovr.
- Where did Yash Jain go to school?
- Yash Jain studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator.
Founder mafias
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University of California, Berkeley mafia538
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Databricks mafia23
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Mercor mafia13
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cogent Security5
Also worked at Rovr (YC F25)2
Also worked at Databricks88
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