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Chinmay Bharti
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00:00 🛠️ Chinmay Bharti co-founded Cod, aiming to improve code quality in production by addressing issues like lack of documentation and readability. 02:00 📈 Rejected initially by Y Combinator, Chinmay's team's persistence and clear communication eventually secured acceptance. 03:36 🎓 Chinmay's background includes graduating from IIT Bombay, working as a Quant developer, and contributing to startup endeavors. 05:25 💡 Chinmay's experience coding for a trading firm emphasized the importance of hig
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Cod helps you write best quality code in production
I actually have an AI agent setup so I have five developers five AI developers coding for me
incumbents are really scared because incumbents have built the system by hiring like 200 engineers and now we can disrupt them with like we have infinite Engineers on our hand
so if you set the temperature to high let's say you set the temperature to one then AI gets more creative and if you set that temperature to zero then AI gives more deterministic results
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What does Cod do?
Cod helps you write the best quality code in production. The company aims to solve problems related to bad code being shipped without proper documentation, unit tests, readability, or maintainability.
Who is Chinmay Bharti?
Chinmay Bharti is the CTO and co-founder of Cod, as well as a Y Combinator winter 24 participant. He has a background as a Quant developer and previously worked at a trading firm and built search products for d2c brands.
How did Cod get accepted into Y Combinator?
After initially getting rejected because they failed to convey the idea properly, the founders wrote a mail asking for one more chance. Group partner Tom scheduled an interview with Michael Seibel, and after explaining the idea properly, they were accepted.
How does Chinmay use AI agents in his startup?
Chinmay uses an AI agent setup where five AI developers code for his team. They personally use these agents to develop new features and pass them through a testing pipeline for end-to-end development and testing.
Where can people connect with Chinmay Bharti or learn more about his company?
People can connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter/X by searching his name or company, or they can visit cod.ai to learn more about what they are doing.
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