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Ralo

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Find Your Best Mortgage Deal

Spring 2025Founded 20252 peopleNew York City, NY, USA
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Ralo is a mortgage platform built to deliver lower rates and lower fees by cutting out unnecessary intermediaries. We automate the complex work behind the scenes, from paperwork to pricing and negotiation.

Founders · 2

Arjun Lalwani
Arjun LalwaniCo-Founder & CEO
Google🎓 University of Washington

Arjun is the co-founder & CEO of Ralo, building AI tools he wish existed after his painful home-buying journey. Prior to founding the company, he was a Product Manager at Google (APM '20), where he worked on high-impact consumer products. He scaled Google Hotels and launched a new business within YouTube Shopping, growing it from $0 to $XXX million in GMV. Arjun holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Washington.

Helly Shah
Helly ShahCo-Founder & CTO
GoogleGoldman Sachs

Helly Shah is the co-founder & CTO of Ralo, where she’s building the mortgage platform every homebuyer deserves. At Google Maps, she led the design and launch of features that enhanced lane guidance & geopolitical accuracy for over a billion users. Before that, she built real-time rates trading systems at Goldman Sachs, shaping how markets move. She grew up in a family of real estate developers across India and the US, giving her a front-row seat to the industry’s inner workings.

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