Kirthi Banothu
Cofounder at Attimet (YC F24)
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Kirthi Banothu is the Cofounder of Attimet, a Y Combinator-backed startup. His expertise lies in quantitative high-frequency trading, with a career spanning leadership roles at Optiver as a Team Lead and DRW as a Quantitative Strategist. He holds a background from the University of Illinois and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.
His unique career path includes a role as Tech Lead at the self-driving car company Argo AI, where he focused on machine learning and performance optimization.
Read the full overview →Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Cofounder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Priorities
Topics Kirthi cares about
Quantitative Trading
His career is built on quantitative strategy and high-frequency trading (HFT) at elite firms like Optiver and DRW.
Fintech Innovation
He has expressed a passion for how technology can fundamentally empower traders and researchers to innovate and drive company growth.
Career
Work history
9-2024
Cofounder
Attimet (YC F24)
3-2023 - 3-2025
Gardening Leave
Gardening Leave
7-2021 - 3-2023
Team Lead
Optiver
6-2020 - 7-2021
Tech Lead
Argo AI
1-2016 - 6-2020
Quantitative Strategist
DRW
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Y Combinator
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