# Alexzendor Misra

> At UCSB, Alexzendor Misra helped build Correkt, an AI search engine that reached 43,000 users. Now the Shofo co-founder and CTO is working on the video data that other AI systems learn from.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CTO at Shofo
- **Organizations:** Shofo, Correkt
- **Education:** Computer science studies; left without completing a degree, University of California, Santa Barbara
- **Known for:** Previously CEO of Correkt, which his YC founder biography says reached 43,000 users., Co-founded Shofo, a Y Combinator Winter 2026 company., Contributed to publicly available Shofo dataset repositories.

## Career timeline

- **2022** — Entered UCSB in the fall; began the project that became Correkt.
- **2024** — Correkt launched publicly on April 25 and was featured in the UCSB AI Community of Practice Spring Symposium program on May 20.
- **2024** — Correkt announced image-supported, citation-backed AI search in July.
- **2025** — Named as a Shofo co-founder in its social search launch announcement.
- **2026** — Shofo joined Y Combinator’s Winter 2026 batch; Misra is listed as co-founder and CTO.
- **2026** — Public repository history records his contributions to Shofo’s TikTok dataset metadata.

## Achievements

- Previously CEO of Correkt, which his YC founder biography says reached 43,000 users.
- Co-founded Shofo, a Y Combinator Winter 2026 company.
- Contributed to publicly available Shofo dataset repositories.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Shofo’s TikTok dataset repository was created on January 13; its history includes contributions from AlexzendorMisra.
- **2026-07** — Shofo’s English talking-head dataset was updated July 1; its card describes about 10,000 clips and 186 hours.
- **2026-10** — As checked October 21, the live Shofo website links to the RecipeBook self-service interface and its public datasets; YC continues to list Misra as CTO.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexzendor-misra-15907a23b/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/AlexzendorMisra
- GitHub: https://github.com/Alexzendormisra

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/alexzendor-misra
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-10-21