Nithik Yekollu

Nithik Yekollu is the co-founder of Rovr, an artificial intelligence infrastructure startup based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2025 alongside Arnav Jain and Yash Jain, the three-person company is currently participating in the Y Combinator Fall 2025 batch under the guidance of primary partner Harj Taggar. Rovr develops an AI forward deployed engineering engine designed to automate intake, triage, routing, and cross-functional coordination for complex software engineering workflows. Prior to establishing Rovr, Yekollu co-founded the startup Bellman AI and held technical engineering roles at Google and Mercor. He studied electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he contributed to advanced machine learning research initiatives at the RISE Lab and LMSYS. His professional background centers on building enterprise-grade artificial intelligence infrastructure and optimizing B2B engineering operations for modern technology companies.