# Oddpool

[Oddpool on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/oddpool)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://www.oddpool.com/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/oddpool)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/oddpool/)

## About

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## YC company profile

Institutional infrastructure for prediction markets

Oddpool is a platform that helps quant funds and trading desks harness the power of prediction markets.

Avi and Ritesh have been roommates since freshman year at Georgia Tech. Avi has a Master's in ML and saved Microsoft $6M/year by building a more accurate model on half the hardware. Ritesh has a Master's in Distributed Systems and made buy-side trading systems at Bloomberg 40% faster.

- **YC batch:** Spring 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Inactive
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **YC partner:** David Lieb

## Founders

### Ritesh Malpani — Founder/CEO

Founder, CTO @ Oddpool | Prev. SWE @ Bloomberg
Architected systems processing 100K+ TPS across trading infrastructure

CS @ Georgia Tech

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritesh-malpani) · [X](https://x.com/RiteshMalpani)

### Avi Arora — Founder

Founder, CEO @ Oddpool | Prev. ML Researcher @ Microsoft
Trained the prompt injection model at Microsoft which secures 20 billion requests / year 

CS @ Georgia Tech

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/avi-arora/) · [X](https://x.com/c0delemons)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/oddpool) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Former staff

- [Avi Arora](https://hacklab.so/avi-arora) — Founder
- [Ritesh Malpani](https://hacklab.so/ritesh-malpani) — Founder/CEO