# Zarna

> Zarna is building the first cohort of AI associates for private capital - autonomous agents that plug directly into a firm's data and work like a deal team that never sleeps. Founded by four UC Berkeley alumni who were previously forward-deployed engineers at AEA Investors, Zarna automates the grunt work of private equity: tearing down CIMs, building LBO models, drafting IC memos, updating CRMs, and surfacing warm introductions. Backed by Y Combinator (F25), the platform recovers ~80 hours per week for 15-person deal teams and promises full ROI in under 90 days.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, CA, USA
- **Founders:** Rishabh Dhariwal (Co-Founder & CEO), Hrishi Joshi (Co-Founder & Co-CTO), Rakesh Mehta (Co-Founder & Co-CTO), Vivan Agrawal (Co-Founder & COO)
- **Team size:** 4
- **Products:** Scribe, Memo, Analyst, Experts (Beta)
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator Fall 2025 batch, SOC 2 Type II certified, Supports 30+ integrations including DealCloud, Affinity, Salesforce, SharePoint, Slack, Outlook, Teams, CapIQ, PitchBook, and Preqin

## Products & services

- **Scribe** — Captures, structures, and logs deal information across firm tools. Parses emails, documents, and meetings; deduplicates contacts and companies automatically.
- **Memo** — Generates firm-formatted documents including screening memos, banker call briefs, and weekly deal flow reports.
- **Analyst** — Scores inbound deals against the firm's mandate; pattern-matches against historical deals; flags risks and opportunities.
- **Experts (Beta)** — Maps the firm's network to surface warm introductions and domain experts relevant to active deals.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator Fall 2025 batch
- SOC 2 Type II certified
- Supports 30+ integrations including DealCloud, Affinity, Salesforce, SharePoint, Slack, Outlook, Teams, CapIQ, PitchBook, and Preqin
- ~80 hours per week recovered for a 15-person deal team
- Full ROI delivered in under 90 days
- Working with multi-billion AUM PE firms in private beta
- Estimated TAM of ~$225M (3,000 target firms × ~$75K annual license)

## Latest updates

- **2025-Fall** — Launched as part of Y Combinator Fall 2025 batch, positioning as 'private equity's first AI associate class'.
- **2025** — Released four-agent platform: Scribe, Memo, Analyst, and Experts (Beta) - covering the full deal lifecycle from sourcing to IC memo.
- **2025** — Entered private beta with multi-billion AUM PE firms and large M&A advisory companies.

## Links

- Website: https://www.zarnaai.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zarna

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Last updated: 2026-04-21