Ishaan Agrawal
Currently working on a challenge to complete all 4,000 LeetCode problems! Latest progress update
IMPORTANT MESSAGE! In 2025 I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease (Crohn's) which almost killed me. Completely changed my perspective on life. Things I value more now: health, spending time with family, and living slowly.
In progress: Running ~30 miles / week (to reduce inflammation), sleeping better, and appreciating small things:)
Achievements
Guinness World Record for solving a Rubik's Cube blindfolded (22.67s) — video
Competitive Programming
Former rank #1 in the world at competitive Pokemon Go Battle League
Work
Member of Technical Staff
June 2026 — present
Software Engineer
2024 — April 2026
Eng #2 at Extend AI (YC W23). Self-taught engineer!
Blockchain Engineer (Various)
2023 — 2024
Cross-blockchain arbitrage and automated market making — my AMM code has processed ~$9B of volume
taught myself how to code from youtube
2022 — 2023
Pokemon Go Boosting Empire
2021 — 2022
Owned 50+ cell phones, sold to doctors and lawyers. Perfect 5.0 rating, 5,000+ sales
Professional Poker
2019 — 2021
Trained under the #2 player in the world. Met some interesting people.
UC Berkeley, Haas
2015 — 2019
i did not like business school
IMPORTANT MESSAGE! In 2025 I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease (Crohn's) which almost killed me. Completely changed my perspective on life. Things I value more now: health, spending time with family, and living slowly.
In progress: Running ~30 miles / week (to reduce inflammation), sleeping better, and appreciating small things:)