Arjun Maheswaran
| Arjun Maheswaran | |
| Nationality | Indian |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, software engineer |
| Known for | Co-founder and CEO of RowBoat Labs |
Arjun Maheswaran is an Indian entrepreneur and machine learning engineer who is the co-founder and CEO of RowBoat Labs, an open-source AI-assisted agent builder that participated in Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.[1] Prior to founding RowBoat Labs, Maheswaran co-founded Agara, a conversational AI startup that was acquired by Coinbase in 2021.
Career
Maheswaran began his career as a software engineer at Cisco from 2010 to 2012. He interned at Google in 2009. He subsequently joined Twitter as a staff data scientist, a position he held from 2012 to 2017.
In 2017, Maheswaran co-founded Agara (also known as Agara Labs), a Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup focused on real-time voice AI and automating customer support using deep learning and conversational AI technology. In 2019, Agara raised $2.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round from Blume Ventures and RTP Global, with earlier backing from Kleiner Perkins. In November 2021, Coinbase announced its acquisition of Agara, its first acquisition in India, to leverage the company's deep learning and conversational AI capabilities for enhancing customer experience tools.
Following the acquisition, Maheswaran worked at Coinbase as a senior staff machine learning engineer from 2021 to 2023.
In 2024, Maheswaran co-founded RowBoat Labs, which was accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch. The company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and operates in the generative AI, B2B, open-source, and conversational AI sectors.[2]
RowBoat Labs develops an open-source, AI-assisted, no-code integrated development environment (IDE) for building production-ready multi-agent systems. The platform is described as a "Cursor-like" tool that allows users to create functional AI agents starting from a simple prompt using a built-in copilot. Features include testing agents in AI-simulated scenarios, connecting MCP servers and tools, and interacting through a Python SDK, web widget, or Twilio phone number. The platform is built on OpenAI's Agents SDK and is designed for iterative refinement of agents through user feedback to the copilot.
Maheswaran attended the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is based in Bengaluru, India.
References
- ↑ "RowBoat Labs – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "RowBoat Labs". 'RowBoat Labs}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.