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- Nitish PoddarFounder/CTO · KastleS24B2B · San Francisco
- Rishi Choudhary@therishicFounder/CEO · KastleS24B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Nitish PoddarKastleFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States10—Rishi ChoudharyKastleFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/therishic
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Rishi Choudhary
Founder/CEO·Kastle
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size10
BatchSummer 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
Rishi is the co-founder and CEO of Kastle (www.kastle.ai) Before Kastle, Rishi was the founding Product Manager for Redfin’s Mortgage Marketplace at age 22 and grew the business from $3M to $6M in revenue in 9 months. He also led Redfin's Search Experience team responsible for 80% of the company's traffic. Rishi has a BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. At UIUC, Rishi ran the largest US student consulting club with 250 students and $500K ARR
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
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