Summary
Ashi Agrawal is a pragmatic engineering leader and Co-Founder & CTO with a decade of experience building production-grade software across fintech and startup environments. After internships and a Kleiner Perkins fellowship early in their career, Ashi spent multiple years at Affirm advancing from Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer before co-founding Kobalt Labs in 2023. They bring hands-on full-stack expertise, a startup mindset, and experience scaling systems used in regulated financial contexts. Known jokingly on GitHub as "your favorite engineer's favorite engineer," Ashi combines strong technical craft with the ability to translate product needs into reliable, auditable systems. A Stanford BS alumnus based in the United States, they balance entrepreneurial drive with a track record of shipping impactful features under real-world constraints. Colleagues would note Ashi’s penchant for mentoring and quietly owning hard infrastructure work that others prefer to avoid.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Stanford University