# Elip AI

> Elip AI is a Y Combinator (W25) startup building an AI job agent that lives inside WhatsApp. It reads through millions of job postings overnight, filters out ghost and duplicate listings, and sends each user a short list of ranked, personalized matches by morning - plus tailored, ATS-ready resumes. It is free for job seekers; employers pay when they hire. Founded by Gaurav Luhariwala, the company is based in San Francisco with an Indian entity in Jaipur.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Gaurav Luhariwala (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~4-7
- **Products:** Elip - AI Job Agent (WhatsApp), AI-tailored resumes, Preference memory
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch, Pivoted from Tejas AI (bank risk decisioning) to Elip, a consumer AI job agent, Built a nightly pipeline that reads ~16 million job listings across 10+ platforms

## Products & services

- **Elip - AI Job Agent (WhatsApp)** — An AI agent inside WhatsApp/Telegram that scans 10+ job platforms nightly (LinkedIn, Indeed, Naukri, Greenhouse and more), reads ~16 million listings, detects ghost/fake postings, and delivers three curated, ranked matches each morning with explanations of why you qualify.
- **AI-tailored resumes** — Generates ATS-ready resume versions tailored to each specific job the user chooses to pursue.
- **Preference memory** — Learns a user's job preferences from ordinary chat and continuously re-tunes matches over time.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch
- Pivoted from Tejas AI (bank risk decisioning) to Elip, a consumer AI job agent
- Built a nightly pipeline that reads ~16 million job listings across 10+ platforms

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Raised $130K seed as part of Y Combinator Winter 2025.
- **2025** — Rebranded and pivoted from Tejas AI to Elip, an AI job agent operating over WhatsApp/Telegram.

## Links

- Website: https://tryelip.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tejasai
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Snorlaxxex
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Tejas_AIz

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Last updated: 2026-07-31