Find your path to Yash
1,495 people in our graph share verified history with Yash — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
James DetweilerunlockedYash: together at Mercor (2025)
×4Yash: together at Mercor
×2Yash: together at Databricks
Yash: together at University of California, Berkeley
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
NY
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
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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Databricks mafia32
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ben HorowitzDirectorFounded OpswareNaveen RaoAdvisorFounded Mosaic ML +1Danny WenInvestorFounded Crowdmade +1Jean Yves StephanSoftware Engineer and Tech Lead ManagerFounded Data Mechanics +1Jack NaglieriMember of Technical StaffFounded Panther +1PankajVP, Product and Data PartnershipsFounded AI21 Labs
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Mercor mafia16
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Zachary YuEngineeringFounded Belvedir +1John HealyLead series A investor & board observerFounded WildlifeVictor LazarteBoard MemberFounded WildlifeRobbie KhazanGrowthFounded PayvmentZee SchwabIndependent Finance Expert - AI Evaluation & TrainingFounded ColumnTaylor FairbankSenior Domain ExpertFounded ReSchedule Med
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Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
Steve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksAbraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of SkydioTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cogent Security5
Also worked at Rovr (YC F25)2
Also worked at Databricks105
Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksSangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Arsalan TavakoliInvestor at Foundation CapitalAshu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalEryk DobrushkinInvestor at Index VenturesJules GsellInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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