Manik Aggarwal
Co-Founder at CORE (YC S23)
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolManik Aggarwal is a San Francisco–based founder and product-minded data scientist with three years of professional experience building startups and data-driven products. He co-founded two YC S23 ventures—Tegon and CORE—bringing hands-on experience from roles at Velocity and American Express where he progressed from Data Scientist to Senior Data Scientist and Product Manager. His background includes quantitative trading research that produced double-digit strategy returns and practical supply-chain optimization work from his early internships, signaling a blend of rigorous analytics and pragmatic execution. Trained at IIT Kharagpur and a YC alumnus, he pairs deep technical modeling with product strategy to move ideas to market quickly. Notably, he has shifted fluidly between research, product, and founding roles, which suggests rare versatility for early-stage leadership.
3 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Y CombinatorSt Thomas SchoolBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) + (M.Tech) - Dual Degree Agriculture and Food Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) + (M.Tech) - Dual Degree Agriculture and Food Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
English, Hindi
Github Skills (12)
product-management10
jira10
project-management10
kanban10
react10
ai9
typescript9
api9
open-source8
artificial-intelligence7
lms4
mhealth4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
AggManik/tegon
Mar 2024 - May 2024
Open Source Linear Alternative
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 month
tegonhq/tegon
Jan 2024 - Feb 2025
Tegon is an open-source, dev-first alternative to Jira, Linear
Contributions:46 PRs, 35 pushes, 40 branches in 1 year 1 month
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