Rishov Sarkar
CTO @ hardware intelligence (YC S26) | AI tools for chips AI runs on
Experience
Career
2026hardware intelligence (YC S26)
Co-founderCo-Founder & CTO · San Francisco, California, United States · 2026 – Present
2021Sharc Lab @ Georgia Tech
Doctoral Student · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 2021 – 2026
2024AMD
AIG Intern · San Jose, California, United States · 2024
- 2017
Crystal
Intern · Atlanta Metropolitan Area · 2017
- 2016
ConFocus, a Flextronics Company
Intern · Norcross, Georgia · 2016
2014ConFocus, a Flextronics Company
Intern · Norcross, Georgia · 2014
- 2013
HighPoints Learning Inc.
Intern · Duluth, Georgia · 2013
Bio
Founder at hardware intelligence (YC S26). PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech, where he won the 2022 ECE Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year award. Previously developed simulators for AMD's AI Engine accelerator and worked on LLVM-based compilation flows at Siemens EDA. MS and BS in Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech.