# Shaurya Aggarwal

> Shaurya Aggarwal is the founder and CEO of Florin (YC S26), an AI-powered insurance carrier building a 'world model' that underwrites and binds coverage for hard-to-insure frontier industries like robotics, space, advanced energy, and defense in under a minute. Before founding Florin, he built next-generation TPUs at Google and shipped encryption products deployed across more than 100,000 hosts. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Purdue.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Florin
- **Organizations:** Florin, Y Combinator, Google, Purdue University
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science, Purdue University
- **Known for:** Founder and CEO of Florin, a Y Combinator Summer 2026 company, Built next-generation TPUs on Google's AI accelerator team, Shipped encryption products deployed across more than 100,000 hosts at Google

## Career timeline

- **—** — Earned a BS in Computer Science from Purdue University
- **—** — Built greenfield at-rest and in-transit encryption products deployed across 100,000+ hosts
- **—** — Worked on the next-generation TPU team at Google, building custom AI accelerator chips
- **2026** — Founded Florin with Amol Pant and Aydin Sorensen; joined Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch
- **2026** — Raised a $130K seed round (reported), pivoting Florin toward an AI-powered insurance carrier

## Achievements

- Founder and CEO of Florin, a Y Combinator Summer 2026 company
- Built next-generation TPUs on Google's AI accelerator team
- Shipped encryption products deployed across more than 100,000 hosts at Google
- Assembled a founding team drawn from Google, Tesla Autopilot, AWS, Twitch, NASA and robotics startups

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Reported $130K seed funding round for Florin
- **2026-07** — Florin active in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 (S26) batch, operating as an AI-powered insurance carrier

## Links

- Website: https://florin.inc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shauryaagg
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/shauryaagg

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Last updated: 2026-08-02