Arihan Varanasi is Co-Founder of Wato, a Y Combinator-backed (Spring 2026) AI infrastructure startup building shared memory, tools, and workflows for agents across teams.

Arihan studied Computer Science at Stanford University and gained industry experience at Mercor and PlayAI, establishing a strong foundation in machine learning and fullstack development.

A prolific builder and hackathon winner, Arihan has shipped multiple AI-powered projects including Koios GPT and SignEase, earning first-place finishes across 280+ and 80+ participant competitions respectively.

At Wato, Arihan and co-founder Rahul Rejeev are building the orchestration layer for AI in institutions, enabling agents to compound knowledge across teams rather than lose context in isolated chat threads.

Wato gives every AI agent access to trusted company context and turns useful runs into reusable knowledge, tackling one of the core challenges of enterprise agentic AI adoption.