Folsom, California · Available for Summer 2026
I'm Rishi Datanwala — a high school junior, two-time startup co-founder, and operator who's pitched to investors, partnered with a CFO on revenue validation, and won national engineering and entrepreneurship competitions. I build things that are useful, measurable, and built to ship.
$5,000
Won at Entrepreneurs Club competition
1st place — 39 teams, 17 schools, 260+ applicants
4 ventures
Founded or co-founded
Climacrate · Smart Sound · Brighter Minds · E-commerce apparel
1st Place
Bosch Rexroth FLC Hackathon
Top automation solution in a competitive engineering challenge
29 / 30
Purple Comet Math Meet (2026)
International Honorable Mention — tied 2nd globally
2025 — Present
Co-founder · Berkeley, CA
A first-of-its-kind, zero-electricity cooling system engineered to keep temperature-sensitive medicines like insulin within medically safe ranges using evaporative cooling and thermodynamics.
Read the full story →2026 — Present
Co-founder · Roseville, CA
A biofeedback-driven software platform that adapts a user's auditory environment using real-time physiological data to optimize focus, productivity, and cognitive performance. 1st place — Entrepreneurs Club; finalist — BetaBlox accelerator.
Read the full story →2021 — Present
Founder & Operator · Folsom, CA
Independently run apparel business on Depop — sourcing, pricing, and selling curated clothing to a growing online customer base. Owning end-to-end operations: COGS and revenue tracking, listing optimization, customer comms, fulfillment, and brand positioning.
Read the full story →"I'm interested in the work where ambition, engineering rigor, and human consequence all have to be true at the same time."
— Personal operating principle
Looking for a 2026 summer intern