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Known for these resultsRole25%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 25% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio100%Bio coverage: 100% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company25%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 25% of these rows have at least one match.School75%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 75% of these rows have at least one match.
- Yash Goenka@theyashgoenkaFounder/CEO · HumworkX26B2B · San Francisco
- Smeet Bhatt@smeet_bhattFounder · TheyaW23Fintech · San Francisco
- Sriram Bhargav Karnati@_sriramk_Founder · TheyaW23Fintech · San Francisco
- Vikas Choudhary@vikaschFounder · TheyaW23Fintech · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Yash GoenkaHumworkFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/theyashgoenkaSmeet BhattTheyaFounderWinter 2023FintechSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/smeet_bhattSriram Bhargav KarnatiTheyaFounderWinter 2023FintechSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/_sriramk_Vikas ChoudharyTheyaFounderWinter 2023FintechSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/vikasch
Showing 1–4 of 4 founders
Sriram Bhargav Karnati
Founder·Theya
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchWinter 2023
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Sriram is co-founder of Theya. He has led crypto engineering teams at Robinhood, FalconX and GameStop Blockchain. He built crypto custody infrastructure and led the development of self-custody wallets for Robinhood and GameStop. He is a Xoogler who has over 10 years of experience building consumer apps. Sriram graduated with Bachelors in Computer Science from IIT Bombay.
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
TheyaThe world's simplest Bitcoin self-custody solution
