5x founder

Nalin Gupta

Founder @Cignara (YC P26). 2x YC alum (1 exit), Forbes 30U30, IIT Kharagpur

Founder

Auro Robotics· Summer 2015 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

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2025Founder· Cignara (YC P26)

Founder · since 2011

Company

Cignara (YC P26)

Role

Founder & CEO

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Auro Robotics

Autonomous shuttles for campus-like environments.

Summer 2015

Experience

Career

Cignara (YC P26)
Founder
Founder & CEO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025 – Present
2025
Ridecell
Creator + Senior Director of Business Development · San Francisco, California, United States · 2021 – 2022
2021
Ridecell
Founder
Division Head + Director of Business Development (via acquisition of Auro) · San Francisco, California, United States · 2017 – 2021
2017
Auro (now the AV division of Ridecell)
Co-founder
Co-founder & CEO · San Francisco, California, United States · 2013 – 2017
2013
AadhaarUp Payments
Co-founder
Co-Founder & Chief Product Architect · Gurgaon, India · 2011 – 2013
2011
Autonomous Ground Vehicle Research Group
Co-founder
Co-Founder & Team Leader · IIT Kharagpur · 2011 – 2012
2011
University of Tübingen
Internship in Brain-Computer Interfaces · Tuebingen, Germany · 2011
2011

Bio

2x YC founder (S15 and P26). Building AI Call Center for some of the biggest B2C enterprises in the world. Previously built self-driving cars @Auro Robotics (acquired).