Reshma Khilnani

Learning everyday

    • About

      My Story

      I am a software engineer and entrepreneur living in San Francisco, CA. Currently, I am a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. In the recent past I was Co-CEO of Droplet Health (now Kit.com acquired by Ro), CTO MedXT, Engineer at Box, PM at Facebook. I have many interests including but not limited to: software engineering, the future of healthcare, virtual currencies and payments, software as a service, productivity, traveling and global living.

      Where I'm from

      I am from Palo Alto, CA. My mother is from the Philippines and my father is from India. I am a dual-citizen US/Philippines.

    • Right Now

    • Experience

      Y Combinator

      Visiting Partner

      Helping companies in the W21 and S21 YC batch. Read about the program, me, and my colleagues here.

      Droplet (now Kit.com)

      Co-CEO

      Droplet made at-home diagnostic kits for healthcare and insurance applications. Droplet became Kit.com and was acquired by Ro in June 2021. See a video of the product here.

      Software Engineer

      Box acquired my company MedXT in 2014, and I was on the engineering team working on medical data and preview. Try viewing your X-rays on Box!

      Co-Founder and CTO
      MedXT is a medical imaging platform designed for telemedicine.  If you wanted to add telemedicine services to your practice made software to help you do it. We served hospitals, imaging centers and clinics worldwide.  
       
      We were based in San Francisco and participated in YCombinator (W13).

      Product Manager, Platform, Payments and Android
      At Facebook I worked on the Developer Platform, including the payments system and Facebook Credits. We built the global payments network with 80+ payment methods for developers, gifts, advertisers and more.
       
      I am a payments and currency enthusiast.

      B.S. and M.Engg Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
      I did my undergrad and masters at MIT, including thesis work at the Media Lab (Human Dynamics)

    • ADVISORy

      I'm interested in improving CS education

      University of Nebraska Lincoln Raikes School

      Board Member

      Helping some of the top students in the state of Nebraska have great careers in tech. Read about The Raikes School and the board.

    • BELIEFS

      Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. - Mark Twain

    • Writing & Articles

      YC 2021 Partners Announcement

      This blog post talks about the Visiting Partners for W2021. Working with Ralph, Surbhi, Tracy, Brad and Uri is an experience like no other.

      Female Founder Stories

      Read my company's story on Y Combinator Female Founder Stories website.

      Reshma and Tom Kalil Discuss Unemployment Insurance

      Unemployment Insurance in the US struggled in the wake of the pandemic, this interview discusses some of the technical problems.

      Bitcoin FAQ

      My responses to the top questions I have been asked on Bitcoin.  Based on my experiences with payments and payment systems and with Bitcoin itself.

      Box's Big Data Triple Threat

      Interview with me and my colleagues Heidi Williams and Divya Jain in Fortune.

      Aaron Levie's Plan to Make Box Your Office's Gateway to AI

      This was the article that covered some of the AI and Machine Learning stuff I was doing at Box!

      Reshma Khilnani on Medium

      More writing, varied topics.

    • WHERE I'VE LIVED

      I currently live in San Francisco. I'm from Palo Alto, California and have lived in cities worldwide.

      Beijing
      Bangalore
      Manila
      San Francisco
      Cambridge, MA
      Palo Alto, CA
      Seattle, WA

    • Speaking

      Talks/Panels I have been a part of recently.

      IWD at Loom
      YC Founders + VCs
      What it means to be a startup advisor
      YC Female Founders Panel
      Practice Fusion
      Interoperability in Healthcare Talk @ Comprehend Clinical
      Grace Hopper 2015
      Hackmaster at TechCrunch Disrupt 2015
      Steminists Discussion
      Founders Panel at Mission Bay Capital, July 2018
      Women In Science, Dec. 2018
      Foundation Capital Founders Panel

    • Get in touch

      reshma_k @ alum.mit.edu
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