Divyaditya Shrivastava

Divyaditya Shrivastava is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Paladin Drones, an autonomous aviation technology startup based in Houston, Texas. Prior to establishing the enterprise, he studied electrical engineering, computer science, and business at UC Berkeley before leaving to participate in the Y Combinator Summer 2018 batch. Under his leadership, Paladin develops artificial intelligence-enhanced drone systems that deploy automatically to 911 calls, currently executing over 1,000 weekly flights across multiple United States municipalities. Shrivastava recently secured $5.2 million in initial seed stage funding for the 12-person technology company, with the investment round led by Khosla Ventures and Gradient. Recognized on the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list, his current professional focus centers on scaling autonomous aerospace hardware and securing complex regulatory waivers to improve emergency response operations for municipal public safety agencies.