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- Kaivalya Hariharan@KaivuHariharanFounder/CEO · FulcrumS25B2B · San Francisco
- Uzay Girit@uzpg_Founder/CTO · FulcrumS25B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Kaivalya HariharanFulcrumFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/KaivuHariharanUzay GiritFulcrumFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/uzpg_
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Kaivalya Hariharan
Founder/CEO·Fulcrum
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
MIT CS & Math ’24. MEng AI candidate under Jacob Andreas (LINGO) group. Best Paper—NeurIPS ML Safety ’22; follow-up at NeurIPS ’23 and benchmark paper accepted to NeurIPS ’24. Emergent Ventures Fellow ’25. Founder of MAIA (MIT AI Alignment). Research stints at Redwood Research and Truthful AI. USABO Nationals finalist (camper), two-time AIME qualifier.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
FulcrumThe agentic debugger for AI systems
Co-foundersUzay Girit@uzpg_
