The Caltech Mafia
66 people studied at Caltech and went on to found or lead other companies.
Dario AmodeiProgress towards BSFounded AnthropicFei-Fei LiDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded World LabsBill GrossBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded X1 +5Chris VoigtPhDFounded Asimov +2Seth LieblichDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Protomer +1Gil ElbazBSFounded TenOneTen Ventures +1Aditya RajagopalBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Esperto Medical +1Chris DeanPhysicsFounded Benefitter +1Shyam SrinivasanBSFounded Zitara +1Evan MurphyBSFounded Zitara +1Ayan BandyopadhyayBachelor’s DegreeFounded Finic +1Albert LeeB.S.Founded DaliwirelessAndrew ChanBachelor of Science - BSFounded Veridian Technologies ↗︎Konstantin OthmerBS EE/EcFounded CloudCarMatanya HorowitzDoctor of PhilosophyFounded AMP RoboticsDr. Rasmus RotheSummer Undergraduate Research FellowshipFounded MerantixFrances H. ArnoldFounded ProviviWei Lien DangB.S.Founded StackroxSylvain GarielGraduate schoolFounded DnascriptDamien SoghoianBSFounded Seranova BioAiden AcevesDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Primmune TherapeuticsTak CheungBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Lexington Medical, IncMike GiardelloPostdoctoral FellowshipFounded CinderbioMichael HartlPh.D.Founded InsoshiBrent GoldmanB.S.Founded Standard TreasuryMike PalmerPh.D.Founded UnicornlyChirath NeranjenaBachelor of ScienceFounded VorticityTim MacDonaldMechanical EngineeringFounded Exosonic, Inc.Tamas GorbeVisiting Research Scholar - Frances H. Arnold’s lab (Nobel Laureate)Founded Menten AIManav MalhotraMaster of Science (MS)Founded Blue OnionMichael RupprechtBachelor of Science - BSFounded RTCanaryKapil SinhaBachelor of Science - BSFounded RTCanaryJagath VytheeswaranBachelor of Science - BSFounded VogentVignesh VaradarajanBachelor's degreeFounded VogentJoel SercelPh.D.Founded TransAstra CorporationNizar BatadaMaster's DegreeFounded Eugit TherapeuticsAustin McCoyBachelor of Science - BSFounded Artemis SearchEitan BorgniaBachelor of Science - BSFounded RelaceBailey Da CostaBachelor's degreeFounded OutSail TechnologiesAdvith ChelikaniBachelor of Science (BS)Founded PylonLucas PabarciusBSFounded Atum WorksMatteo KimuraBachelor's degreeFounded Atum WorksMalcolm TisdaleBachelor of Science - BSFounded Atum WorksRupesh JeyaramBachelor of Science - BSFounded Revise RoboticsAntonio MonrealBachelor of Science - BSFounded Revise RoboticsBrecht PierreuxMaster's thesisFounded MacadamiaNavvye AnandBachelor of Science - BSFounded BindwellEmmett GoodmanBachelor of Engineering (B.S.)Founded AlkaliAshley MoBachelor of Science - BSFounded Liva AIZarif AzherBachelor of ScienceFounded Nexa LabsKenneth ChanBachelor's degreeFounded Nexa LabsAvyay VaradarajanBachelor of Science - BSFounded dari.devBenjamin HongBachelor of Science - BSFounded dari.devRichard WangBachelor's degreeFounded Clad LabsBram SchorkBachelor of ScienceFounded General AstronauticsArya KhokharBachelor of Science - BSFounded Eos AISam LushtakBachelor of ScienceFounded Palus FinanceMichael GonzalezBachelor of Science - BSFounded Palus FinanceTroy ZhangBachelor of Science - BSFounded InferaDaniel MukasaDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded AbInitio BioLewis JonesBachelor’s DegreesFounded Cosmic RoboticsJoshua IbrahimDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded ManifoldHamilton EvansMaster of Science - MSFounded AtomCristian PonceB.S.Founded Tetsuwan ScientificMax WellingpostdocFounded CuspAIGilad AlmogyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)Founded Ultima Genomics
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Caltech mafia?
- The Caltech mafia is the network of 66 people who studied at Caltech and went on to found or lead other companies, including Anthropic, World Labs, X1, Asimov, Protomer.
- Who is in the Caltech mafia?
- Notable members include Dario Amodei (Anthropic), Fei-Fei Li (World Labs), Bill Gross (X1), Chris Voigt (Asimov), Seth Lieblich (Protomer), Gil Elbaz (TenOneTen Ventures), Aditya Rajagopal (Esperto Medical), Chris Dean (Benefitter), among 66 tracked members.
- What companies did Caltech alumni found?
- Companies founded by Caltech alumni include Anthropic, World Labs, X1, Asimov, Protomer, TenOneTen Ventures, Esperto Medical, Benefitter, Zitara, Finic.