# Rachit Kataria

> Rachit Kataria is the co-founder and CEO of Centralize, a relationship intelligence platform for enterprise revenue teams. A Bay Area native and USC computer science graduate, he previously helped build Facebook Shops and led product engineering at AtoB. He founded Centralize with his college friend William Wang after earlier working together on Flock, an app for maintaining personal connections.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Centralize
- **Organizations:** Centralize, AtoB, Meta / Facebook, Blend Labs, Shape Security, Apple, Spark SC, HackSC, Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins Fellows
- **From:** San Jose, United States
- **Education:** B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science, University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering, Y Combinator, High School Diploma, Lynbrook High School
- **Known for:** Member of the 2018 Kleiner Perkins fellowship cohort of 52 selected from nearly 2,500 applicants., Listed among USC Viterbi Computer Science Outstanding Student Award recipients in 2020., Helped build and scale Facebook Shops as a founding engineer.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Helped create Quark at HackSC; the project won Apple, Disney, and newcomer awards.
- **2016** — Software engineering internship at Apple in Cupertino.
- **2018** — Selected for the Kleiner Perkins Fellows Program and worked at Shape Security.
- **2019** — B.S./M.S. Computer Science completion year listed on his résumé; software engineering internship at Blend Labs.
- **2020-2022** — Senior Software Engineer at Facebook, working on Facebook Shops.
- **2022** — Joined AtoB in May as Tech Lead / Staff Software Engineer.
- **2023** — Co-founded Centralize with William Wang.
- **2024** — Centralize participated in Y Combinator Winter 2024.
- **2025** — Salesforce Ventures announced its investment in Centralize on October 9.
- **2026** — Centralize announced a $15 million Series A led by NEA in July, bringing total funding to $19 million.

## Achievements

- Member of the 2018 Kleiner Perkins fellowship cohort of 52 selected from nearly 2,500 applicants.
- Listed among USC Viterbi Computer Science Outstanding Student Award recipients in 2020.
- Helped build and scale Facebook Shops as a founding engineer.
- Co-founded Centralize, a YC Winter 2024 company that announced $19 million in total funding in July 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Appeared with William Wang and YC’s Diana Hu in Centralize is the GPS for Enterprise Deals, published September 8.
- **2026-07** — Centralize announced a $15 million NEA-led Series A, $19 million in total funding, and a free individual-seller tier.
- **2025-10** — Salesforce Ventures published its welcome announcement for Centralize on October 9.

## Links

- Website: https://rachitkataria.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachitkataria/
- GitHub: https://github.com/rachitkataria

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Last updated: 2026-10-26