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Krishna Gupta

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Co-Founder at Alai (YC W24)
📍 San Diego, California, United States

Krishna is the Co-Founder of Alai, an AI presentation-building platform and a Y Combinator (W24) alumnus. He has a background as a Senior Software Engineer at Replican and Thomson Reuters, with a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Toronto.

He is passionate about the intersection of AI and design automation, showing a keen interest in what makes product design successful. Outside of his own startup, he actively analyzes the user experience and architecture of other innovative software tools.

Unique fact: He co-founded his company, Alai, with his best friend of 17 years whom he met in middle school.

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Current Role
Co-Founder
Location
San Diego, California, United States
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AI Presentations
Co-founded Alai (YC W24) to help professionals create high-quality presentations faster using AI, aiming to solve the pain points of slide design and storytelling.
Product Design
Demonstrates a deep interest in user experience by publicly analyzing the design principles of successful software, focusing on what makes them intuitive and effective for users.
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Career

Work history

12-2023
Co-Founder
Alai (YC W24)
8-2023 - 12-2023
Senior Software Engineer II
Replicant
12-2022 - 8-2023
Senior Software Engineer I
Replicant
2-2021 - 12-2022
Software Engineer
Replicant
9-2019 - 1-2021
Software Engineer
Thomson Reuters
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Education
2013 - 2018
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)
University of Toronto
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