# Parth Shah

> Parth Shah is the co-founder and CEO of Polimorphic, the New York-based company building AI-powered constituent relationship management software for local governments. An MIT-trained electrical engineer and former NVIDIA deep learning engineer, Shah started out trying to build an 'ESPN for politics' and ended up rewiring how town halls answer phones, process permits, and serve residents in 75+ languages. In July 2025 Polimorphic raised an $18.6M Series A led by General Catalyst, bringing total funding to roughly $28M.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Polimorphic
- **Organizations:** Polimorphic, NVIDIA, MIT Flux, Nodal Inc.
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Research Assistant (machine learning / neuroscience), Stony Brook University, Lab for Computational Neurodiagnostics
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Polimorphic, billed as the first full front-office product suite built from the ground up for government, Raised an $18.6M Series A led by General Catalyst (July 2025); ~$28M total funding, Built products that cut customer voicemails by up to 90% and walk-in requests by 75%

## Career timeline

- **MIT** — Founded Flux, an accelerator letting student entrepreneurs grow without giving up equity
- **MIT** — With Daniel Smith, hosted weekend discussions on world problems that sparked a civic-data idea
- **MIT** — Refined the 'ESPN for politics' civic media concept through the MIT Sandbox innovation program
- **Early career** — Worked as a deep learning software engineer at NVIDIA
- **Founding** — Co-founded Polimorphic with Daniel Smith; backed by Pear VC after a summer accelerator
- **2025** — Named to the GovTech 100 list for 2025
- **2025-07** — Closed $18.6M Series A led by General Catalyst, with M13 and Shine; ~$28M total raised

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Polimorphic, billed as the first full front-office product suite built from the ground up for government
- Raised an $18.6M Series A led by General Catalyst (July 2025); ~$28M total funding
- Built products that cut customer voicemails by up to 90% and walk-in requests by 75%
- Helped governments collect $10M+ in online payments and save 55,000+ working hours (~26 years of labor)
- Polimorphic named a 2025 GovTech 100 company
- Founded Flux at MIT to support student entrepreneurs without taking equity

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Polimorphic announced an $18.6M Series A led by General Catalyst, with M13 and Shine, to expand into new states and grow its sales and support teams.
- **2025** — Polimorphic named a 2025 GovTech 100 company; towns such as Vernon launched Polimorphic-powered AI voice lines ('Trudy') for 24/7 resident service.

## Links

- Website: https://polimorphic.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/parthhemalshah
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/polimorphiccom
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbiva7tMVpM
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/polimorphiccom/

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Last updated: 2026-06-03