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Harshita Arora

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General Partner at Y Combinator
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Harshita Arora is a General Partner at Y Combinator, where she invests in early-stage startups. She previously co-founded AtoB, a fintech payments platform for the trucking industry, and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Enterprise Technology.

Her passion for technology began at a young age, leading her to become a self-taught programmer. She is deeply invested in supporting talented founders and engineers, frequently highlighting their achievements and actively recruiting for technical roles.

As a teenager, she built a cryptocurrency price-tracking app that became one of the top 10 finance apps on the App Store.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
General Partner
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Priorities

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Supporting Founders
As a General Partner at YC and a former founder herself, she is focused on identifying and mentoring exceptional founders at the earliest stages of their startups.
Fintech Infrastructure
Co-founded AtoB to modernize payments for the trucking industry and built a successful crypto-related app, showing a clear interest in financial technology.
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Career

Work history

4-2026
General Partner
Y Combinator
5-2025 - 3-2026
Visiting Partner
Y Combinator
9-2019 - 4-2024
Co-Founder
AtoB
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Harshita Arora Joins YC as General Partner | Y Combinator. Featured in Y Combinator
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From UP to Y Combinator: The rise & rise of Harshita Arora. Featured in Economic Times
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