smrth

I'm Samarth Chitgopekar

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dj

from Chicago, IL

Lifelong builder. Coding to make the world a better place and building awesome stuff along the way.

[Currently] in San Fransisco

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smrth's mac

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whoami

I'm Sam. At 12, I started coding to kill time. At 17, I left high school to move to Silicon Valley and work at a startup. And at 19, I (accidentally) sold my first company. Today, I'm...

  • studying CS @ Cornell
  • working on my next startup, Nice try!.
  • travelling. a lot.
  • cultivating my tea collection
  • climbing
  • producing & djing

grep "socials" *


open projects.txt

I've been able to be on and lead several awesome teams in addition to building my own projects over the years. The complete list is extensive, but I wrote up some highlights here.


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Experience

Vercel

Software Engineer

Vercel

Medicos Health

Founder

Medicos Health

Hyper

Software Engineer

Hyper

YCombinator logoGeneral Catalyst logo
Whop

UX Engineer

Whop

Debate Land

Founder

Debate Land

Mintlify

Software Engineer

Mintlify

YCombinator logoa16z logo

Awards

General Catalyst

Venture Fellow

General Catalyst

Cornell University

Beck Fellow

Cornell University

South Park Commons

Member

South Park Commons

Canaan Partners

Entrepreneurship Fellow

Canaan Partners


cd personal_records && ls

As of 2/10/2025....

  • Avg. Wake Up Time: 6:04 AM
  • Avg. Protein Intake: 207 grams
  • Bench: 241 lbs.
  • Deadlift: 440 lbs.

Why? I want to run the 2026 NYC Marathon and climb Everest in Summer 2027.


git config http-samc


mkdir writing

I used to hate writing (and reading). But, after reading a few well-written articles and books, I gained an appreciation for it. For engineering-related things, I now post on my blog and for thoughts about life, I write essays here.


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