Varun Kandula is Co-Founder of Kinect (YC P26), an AI-powered storefront layer for e-commerce brands that turns static product pages into adaptive, personalized shopping experiences.

Varun studied Computer Science at UC Berkeley and previously held software engineering roles at MongoDB and Capital One, building a strong foundation in data and backend systems.

Varun served as President of NextGen Consulting, where he led projects with Sephora and Ralph Lauren and sourced over $200k in contracted ARR across 10+ brands, and is also a former Division 1 squash player ranked HWR #23.

Prior to Kinect, Varun co-led Conversational Intelligence at Reevo, bringing deep expertise in AI-driven customer engagement that directly informs Kinect's core product vision.

Kinect, backed by Y Combinator, is already delivering measurable results for D2C brands, with early customers reporting 3x conversion lifts and a 15% increase in average order value.