Bhola Chhetri

Co-Founder & CEO @ Orena | Director @ AI Collective

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Co-Founder of Orena, helping people turn “we should do something” into real events people actually show up to. Building the Seattle startup community. Interests include consumer AI, event tech, community, and venture capital. Opinions are my own.

Experience

  • Co-Founder & CEO at Orena
    May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    The fastest way to turn any idea into a real event people actually show up to.

  • Solutions Architect at Broadcom Software
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • The AI Collective (On-site)
    • Chapter Lead
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

      Growing the community here in the beautiful West! The AI Collective is a community of 100,000+ founders, researchers, operators, and investors representing the global forum for AI and technological progress.

    • Regional Director
      Jun 2025 - Nov 2025 · 6 mos

    • Chapter Organizer
      Oct 2024 - May 2025 · 8 mos

  • Co-Founder at Mockbird
    2024 - 2025 · 1 yr

    - YC S24 top 10% of applications. - YC F24 top 10% of applications.

  • VMware (Full-time · 1 yr 5 mos)
    • Solutions Engineer
      Feb 2023 - Nov 2023 · 10 mos

      SE on Digital Pre-Sales Team

    • Acadmey Solutions Engineer
      Jul 2022 - Feb 2023 · 8 mos