Tinfoil
YC X25San Francisco, US Β· Founded 2024 Β· 5 employees Β· 2 known investors
Tinfoil develops secure hardware and systems, with expertise in privacy and security protocols.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareArtificial IntelligenceSecurityPrivacyUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadershipΒ· Y Combinator alumni (X25)
Tinfoil was founded in 2024 by Tanya Verma, Jules Drean, and Sacha Servan-Schreiber.
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Tanya VermainπCo-FounderTanya Verma previously worked on systems and cryptography at Cloudflare and studied computer science and CubeSats at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is co-founder of Tinfoil.
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Jules DreaninπCo-founderJules holds a PhD from MIT in secure hardware and confidential computing, with prior roles at Microsoft Research and NVIDIA. His research has focused on secure enclave design, microarchitectural attack defenses, and cryptographic deployment including fully homomorphic encryption and multiparty computation.
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Sacha Servan-SchreiberinπCo-FounderSacha Servan-Schreiber is a co-founder of Tinfoil and holds a PhD in cryptography from MIT.
Investors Β· 2
Competitors Β· 2
by search overlapOpenAI12 shared keywordsOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.
Hugging Face6 shared keywordsHugging Face is a collaboration platform that hosts and provides access to machine learning models, datasets, and applications. It offers both open-source tools for the ML community and paid compute and enterprise solutions for teams building AI applications.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Tinfoil do?
- Tinfoil develops secure hardware and systems, with expertise in privacy and security protocols.
- Who founded Tinfoil?
- Tinfoil was founded by Tanya Verma, Jules Drean, Sacha Servan-Schreiber in 2024.
- Who are Tinfoil's investors?
- Tinfoil's investors include Rain Capital, Y Combinator.
- Where is Tinfoil headquartered?
- Tinfoil is headquartered in San Francisco, US.