Who is in the Qualcomm mafia?

Notable members include Amir Faintuch (Hourly), Naveen Rao (Mosaic ML), Daksh Gupta (Tabnam), Bryant Chou (Ploy), Ravikiran Gopalan (Aira), Max Benassi (Apex Technology), Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana), Eric Bunnell (Lasso MD), among 137 tracked members.

What companies did Qualcomm alumni found?

Companies founded by Qualcomm alumni include Hourly, Mosaic ML, Tabnam, Ploy, Aira, Apex Technology, Solana, Lasso MD, Rizzle, Crowd Street.

The Qualcomm Mafia

137 people came through Qualcomm and went on to found or lead other companies.

Amir FaintuchPresident, Qualcomm AtherosFounded Hourly +1 Naveen RaoResearcher - neuromorphic machinesFounded Mosaic ML +1 Daksh GuptaEngineerFounded Tabnam +1 Bryant ChouPrototype Engineer and Market ResearcherFounded Ploy +1 Ravikiran GopalanModem Systems LeadFounded Aira +1 Max BenassiGlobal Strategy & Market DevelopmentFounded Apex Technology +1 Anatoly YakovenkoSenior Staff Engineer ManagerFounded Solana +1 Eric BunnellGlobal Business Operations (Internship)Founded Lasso MD +1 Lakshminath DondetiDirector, EngineeringFounded Rizzle +1 Dino VendettiDirector Product Management & Business DevelopmentFounded Crowd Street Patrick EggenFounder and Head of QCV Global Early Stage FundFounded Counterpart Amit GuptaDirector of EngineeringFounded Snr Clay KelloggBusiness Development ManagerFounded Terminal Roland LigtenbergProduct & Business Development ManagerFounded HouseCall Pro Moe AdhamInterim Engineering InternFounded Bitaccess Prasenjit MukherjeeBoot AssistantFounded Dabble Gaurav MakenSoftware Intern - GPU CompilersFounded Mylk Guys Vipul ChaudharySenior EngineerFounded Lokal Sandilya MiduthuriAssociate Software EngineerFounded Siftly Nitesh Shroff, PhDSenior Research EngineerFounded Arintra Eren CanarslanStrategy & New VenturesFounded Olympian Motors David FialaQRSV: Mobile Security Research (Internship)Founded Teclada Marty KausasSoftware Engineering InternFounded Pylon Angus ParsonsonEngineer InternFounded Solve Intelligence Tejas BhaktaIT TechnicianFounded Morph Aditya RajagopalSenior Compiler EngineerFounded nCompass Technologies Agam JainSystems EngineerFounded Whip Reuben BalikInternFounded The New Money Company David SchlesingerSoftware EngineerFounded Veritus Sam KaruResearch Intern - Wireless Systems R&DFounded Logical Aryan VijSoftware EngineerFounded Turnstone Parth MaheshwariDevelopment InternFounded Mochatrade Arjun ChalihaSoftware EngineeringFounded Marble Troy VossellerLegal InternFounded I'm ready to apply Malvika JainAI Software Engineer (Machine Learning Group)Founded Shmood Ryan TsengTechnical Lead for Wireless Power ProgramFounded Shield AI Rishi RanjanSenior EngineerFounded Grid Raster Max WellingVice President TechnologiesFounded CuspAI Ashish AggarwalSoftware DeveloperFounded Productiv Ali AghaResearch Staff EngineerFounded Field AI Chris LattnerEVP of Advanced AI Software and PlatformsFounded Modular Tim DavisSVP & GM of ModularFounded Modular Karol HausmanRobotics InternFounded Physical Intelligence Avneesh AgrawalSenior Vice President, Product ManagementFounded Netradyne Seshu MadhavapeddyVice President & General Manager, In-Display Fingerprint SensorsFounded Frore Systems Manu GulatiVP of EngineeringFounded Velaura AI Tyler HoffmanSoftware Engineering InternFounded Memfault Radhika PatilWindows Mobile EngineerFounded Cradlewise Arun RaghupathySystems/Staff EngineerFounded Nextnav Enhao GongInterim Engineering InternFounded Subtle Medical Kevin FallPrincipal EngineerFounded Nefeli Networks James ReedInterim Engineering InternFounded Fireworks ai Qasim WaniResearch InternFounded Advex Sourav DeySenior Systems Engineer and Internal EntrepreneurFounded Manifold Rajendra KoppulaStaff EngineerFounded Manifold Sunny DulaySoftware EngineerFounded Breakthrough Zainul CharbiwalaCR&D InternFounded Tricog Flávio PeresFinance & Operations Director | Latin AmericaFounded Trocafone Edward WuInternFounded Dropzone James ZhuR&D EngineerFounded Fanli PriyankaSenior Software EngineerFounded Operant AI Charles PackerInternFounded Letta Devarshi ShahSenior Software EngineerFounded Lumeo Sendur SellakumarEngineering InternFounded Dremio Manmeet MagguRobotics DeveloperFounded Trexo Robotics Anurupa GangulyIntern - Corporate R&D divisionFounded Prisms Apoorv KumarInternFounded Refyne Piyush AroraEngineer, AssociateFounded Signal X Bilgehan AvserResearch And Development InternFounded Applied Electrodynamics, Inc.Naveen KrishnamurthiSoftware EngineeringFounded Elucify Sam KanawatiSoftware Engineer InternFounded Simple Strips Ishaan JafferSoftware Engineering InternFounded LiteLLM Sharud AgarwalElectrical Engineer InternFounded Akute Health Josh HolatCorporate Engineering InternFounded StageBloc James MaultSenior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Qualcomm LifeFounded BioIntelliSense KRISTI MARTINDALEMarketing DirectorFounded Sarcos Robotics Suhas PatelSr EngineerFounded Tvarit Joseph BousabaVice President, Smart Home & Consumer Businesses, Internet of Things (IoT)Founded InvenSense Harsh MurariStaff Engineer/ManagerFounded Visionify John PrattSenior Staff Engineer/ManagerFounded Patternlabs Mike FinleyPresidentFounded Boingo Wireless Gary BrotmanDirector, Head of Product Marketing - Qualcomm LabsFounded Secondmind Jessica Cox (Hershfield)Wireless Health InternFounded Just Enough Wines Reza OlfatSenior Software EngineerFounded HouseCall Pro Adam Perry-PelletierDirector Of EngineeringFounded HouseCall Pro Jack KennedyPresident, Qualcomm Enterprise Services (now "Omnitracs")Founded Platform Science Charan KilariComputer Vision Engineer - R & DFounded VideoDraft Kevin HunterSr. Director, Product Management & Business Development (Qualcomm Retail Solutions)Founded Catalina Roman SandovalRF Systems Test EngineeringFounded Allosense Behnam BastaniStaff Scientist, Image ScientistFounded OpenInfer FENGBO RENEngineering InternFounded Fovus Seung-Hwan SongEngineering InternFounded Anaflash Chanyeol ChoiHardware EngineerFounded LinqAlpha Adam SavenSummer Strategic Finance AnalystFounded PeopleGrove Chunjie DuanEngineerFounded Red Point Positioning R. Preston ReedMentor - Qualcomm Robotics AcceleratorFounded Footmarks

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Qualcomm mafia?: The Qualcomm mafia is the network of 137 people who came through Qualcomm and went on to found or lead other companies, including Hourly, Mosaic ML, Tabnam, Ploy, Aira.
Who is in the Qualcomm mafia?: Notable members include Amir Faintuch (Hourly), Naveen Rao (Mosaic ML), Daksh Gupta (Tabnam), Bryant Chou (Ploy), Ravikiran Gopalan (Aira), Max Benassi (Apex Technology), Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana), Eric Bunnell (Lasso MD), among 137 tracked members.
What companies did Qualcomm alumni found?: Companies founded by Qualcomm alumni include Hourly, Mosaic ML, Tabnam, Ploy, Aira, Apex Technology, Solana, Lasso MD, Rizzle, Crowd Street.