Dilzafer Singh

About

I'm an entrepreneur and musician currently on leave from Harvard, where I studied applied math, economics, and computer science. I now lead the invoicing product at Whop, where I arrived as an AI engineer after my startup Arcafeed was acquired. Previously: Venture Partner at Contrary, AI Business Fellow at Perplexity, and research assistant at UC Berkeley and MIT's J-PAL.

I'm also a classically-trained tabla and jori player. I've had the privilege of performing at venues across the globe, including Symphony Hall, Festival of Tabla, House of Blues, and Parliament of the World's Religions. My classical and fusion recordings have amassed millions of cross-platform views.

I'm based in Palo Alto, California, where it's currently —.

Experience

2026 – Present

Head of Invoicing Product, Whop Wearing every hat (i.e. turban) as lead engineer and PM to ensure Whop's payments product can support agencies and other user segments, laying the rails for how people get paid online.

2024 – 2026

Co-founder & CEO, Arcafeed (acq. by Whop) Built AI agents to automate buy-side investment research. Incubated at the Harvard Innovation Labs, consulted with 100+ hedge funds, and converted ~10% into pilots. Exited for eight figures.

2025 – 2026

Venture Partner, Contrary One of 20 selected from 1,500+ applicants. Sourced and supported founders building the next generation of category-defining companies.

2025

AI Business Fellow, Perplexity Private sessions with AI leaders from NVIDIA, Bridgewater, Databricks, Ramp, and Box to shape Arcafeed's product direction.

2025

Analyst, Harvard Financial Analysts Club Harvard's largest and oldest student-run hedge fund.

2024

Research Assistant, UC Berkeley Economics Development economics research with MIT's J-PAL on drug-abuse interventions in Punjab. Helped roll out a film-based curriculum reaching one million secondary school students.

2023

Summer Analyst, Rakuten Medical Financial modeling for Rakuten's oncology portfolio. Valued RM-0256, a pre-clinical PD-L1 photoimmunotherapy, using a probability-weighted DCF built on bottom-up market sizing, biomarker-based patient segmentation, and competitive share assumptions.

Ongoing

Percussionist, Boston Symphony Orchestra Classically-trained tabla and jori player. Performances across Symphony Hall, Festival of Tabla, House of Blues, and the Parliament of the World's Religions.

Ongoing

Undergraduate, Harvard College Studying math, econ, CS, and other cool stuff. Relevant coursework: CS 1060 (SWE w/ GenAI), ECON 10A (Microeconomics), Math 117 (Probability & Random Processes with Economic Applications), ES 30 (Startups From Idea to Exit), Personhood in U.S. Constitutional Law. Currently on leave.