About
Yash Rathod studied computer science at UIUC and has conducted research in computer vision and reinforcement learning. He is the CEO of Origin.
Yash Rathod @yashrathod_75
Why are we generating and testing these libraries at scale? Learn more: https://t.co/v28S0bCkwe View the sequences at - https://t.co/lic8KWiqlJ
Mar 13, 2026 Β· β₯ 12 Β· β 1
Yash Rathod @yashrathod_75
We're beginning to run functional assays - MPRAs, ATAC-seq and ChIP-seq - on over 50,000 Axis designed regulatory elements. But we're opening them up early for the research community to use in its own experiments. We'll contribute these results to the platform and soon release https://t.co/THhn0O6g2H
Mar 13, 2026 Β· β₯ 12
Yash Rathod @yashrathod_75
For each sequence you can explore predicted MPRA activity (Malinois), transcription factor binding sites, GC content, longest homopolymers and worst hairpin stability (ΞG). https://t.co/VF6aHXct7A
Mar 13, 2026 Β· β₯ 12
Founder at OriginYC W26
Intro paths
Yash went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Origin's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Yash can intro founders to Origin's investors below.
Origin's investors Β· 2
Co-founders at Origin
Experience
- OriginCEOcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Resolvd AIMachine Learning Engineer2024New York, New York, United States
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignShenlong Wang's Group | Robot Perception Researcher2024Urbana-Champaign Area
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBretl Research Group | Synthetic Image Data Generation2022 β 2023Urbana-Champaign Area
Education
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2021 β 2025
- Y Combinator2026
Skills & more
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JavaPython (Programming Language)SolidityC++RobotDartSoftware InfrastructureImage SegmentationDeep LearningResearchStart-upsSocial Services- OpenCV AI Competition 2022 Winners β OpenCV
- Build Basic Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) β Coursera
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects β Coursera
- Deep Learning Specialization β Coursera
- Sequence Models β Coursera
- Convolutional Neural Networks β Coursera
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization β Coursera
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning β Coursera
From Yash's professional profile.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Origin1
Also worked at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign35
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