Rohit Naras is Co-Founder and CEO of Applied Kinetics (YC F26), a Y Combinator-backed AI startup deploying specialized AI agents to accelerate America's energy and data center infrastructure buildout.

Rohit studied Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and gained industry experience as a Software Engineer at Crusoe, working on AI infrastructure.

Rohit is a technically driven founder with a strong competitive edge, placing in the top 2% globally at IMC Prosperity 4 trading competition and winning multiple hackathons including CalHacks and HackGT.

Alongside co-founder Adhik Durga, Rohit built Applied Kinetics to automate the sourcing and procurement of long-lead industrial equipment like turbines and transformers, integrating AI agents directly into tools like SAP, Slack, and Outlook.

Backed by Y Combinator's Fall 2026 batch under partner Harj Taggar, Applied Kinetics is tackling one of America's most critical infrastructure bottlenecks, helping project teams eliminate manual supplier chasing and procurement delays at scale.