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Ajay Yadav

Founder & CEO @ Roomi

Ajay Yadav is the Founder and CEO of Roomi, a peer-to-peer marketplace that helps people find shared housing and the right people to live with. Ajay created Roomi after experiencing the pain of searching for a housemate himself, spending countless hours emailing back and forth, sifting through candidates with conflicting preferences, and worrying about the safety and accuracy of listings. Convinced there was a better way, Ajay got to work building Roomi, which launched in 2015 and is now live across iOS, Android and web, and in 15 markets nationwide. Prior to founding Roomi, Ajay studied computer science at NYIT and helped launch two other startups. Ajay also serves as a Lean Startup Machine mentor, advising early-stage startups during crucial growth points, and hails from India. An expert on the sharing economy and the millennial mindset, Ajay is a regular contributor to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Network and has been featured in the L.A. Times, TechCrunch, Fox5 News, The Real Deal and Bloomberg Businessweek.