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- Kartik Sawhney@kartiks22Founder/CEO · Samora AIW26B2B
- Shakul Raj SonkerFounder/COO · Samora AIW26B2B
- Vineeth KumarFounder/CTO · Samora AIW26B2B
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Kartik SawhneySamora AIFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BUnknown8https://x.com/kartiks22Shakul Raj SonkerSamora AIFounder/COOWinter 2026B2BUnknown8—Vineeth KumarSamora AIFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BUnknown8—
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Kartik Sawhney
Founder/CEO·Samora AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size8
BatchWinter 2026
Location
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Engineer turned product manager turned founder. Building multilingual voice agents that automate workflows and escalate to humans when needed. Stanford CS, experience at Microsoft, IBM and Uber, scaled products to 500k+ users from 80+ countries.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Samora AI
Multilingual voice agents that outperform humans
