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Anish Tondwalkar

Founder

Founder at d_model

San Francisco, California, United States

Foundedd_model Β· YC

About

Anish Tondwalkar is CEO of dmodel, with a background in artificial intelligence and ontology research.

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Anish Tondwalkar @dlbydq

ever since that paper about how Claude reward hacks more when it's anxious, I've been taking much better care of my claude's emotions and I'm frustrated to admit it's been much better behaved

Jul 30, 2026 Β· β™₯ 132 Β· ⇄ 9

Anish Tondwalkar @dlbydq

opus 5 struggles a surprisingly large amount with antecedents

Jul 28, 2026 Β· β™₯ 5 Β· ⇄ 1

Anish Tondwalkar @dlbydq

first we had letters, then we had journals, then we had conferences, then we had arxiv, then we had blog posts, now we have tweets https://t.co/HkHoxj6HhO

Jul 20, 2026 Β· β™₯ 18 Β· ⇄ 2

Founder at d_modelYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Anish went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator β€” the partner who ran d_model's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Anish can intro founders to d_model's investors below.

d_model's investors Β· 4

HOF CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementXTX MarketsY Combinator

Co-founders at d_model

DMDaniel Moon
Daniel MoonFounder

Experience

  1. dmodelFoundercurrent2024 β€” presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. OpenAIMember of Technical Staff2023 β€” 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  3. GoogleSoftware Engineer2020 β€” 2023Sunnyvale, California, United States
  4. UC San DiegoGraduate Research Assistant2016 β€” 2020
  5. BloombergQuant Analytics Infrastructure Intern2018New York, United States
  6. University of VirginiaGraduate Research Assistant2014 β€” 2016
  7. U.S. Naval Research LaboratoryPhysical Science Aide2011 β€” 2013
  8. Little Einstein ExplorersTeacher & DevOps2007 β€” 2011

Education

  1. UC San DiegoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Programming Languages
  2. UC San DiegoC. Phil., Computer Science
  3. University of VirginiaMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science
  4. University of VirginiaBachelor of Science - BS, Physics and Computer Science
  5. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Skills & more

Mathematics2TeachingDevOpsPhysicsElectronicsComputational PhysicsTheoretical Physics1OCamlProgramming LanguagesSoftware VerificationSMTHaskell
+9 moreCompilersMLIRJavaInteractive Theorem ProvingC++Python (Programming Language)MathematicaMATLABFortran

From Anish's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended UC San Diego217

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at MedicxiJamie MontgomeryCo-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital PartnersAbbie CelnikerInvestor at Third Rock Ventures

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Also attended University of Virginia341

Alexis OhanianFounder & General Partner of Seven Seven SixAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalKandace ElamVice President of GTM Talent at Menlo VenturesTrevor KienzleInvestor at Correlation VenturesFrank RotmanCo-Founder and Partner Emeritus at QED InvestorsMegan LightcapPartner, Creator Fund at Slow Ventures

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Also attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology20

Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftMorgan CheathamPartner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Breyer CapitalEdi DanalacheSenior Associate at Scale Venture PartnersShreyas GargInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Anis RashidEIR at Serena VenturesWill ZengPartner at Quantonation

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Shared employers

Also worked at dmodel1

Mei Z.General Partner at Alloy Fund

Also worked at OpenAI80

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalFraser KeltonInvestor at Spark CapitalArpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalVeit MoellerVP, Brand & Design at ParadigmTarek WakedCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Type One Ventures

+ 74 more

Also worked at Google1,078

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis

+ 1,072 more

Also worked at UC San Diego40

Keerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesVignesh RavikumarInvestor at Sierra VenturesAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra VenturesRachel Tsunemoto Hislop, PhDPrincipal, Director of Research at Two Bear CapitalMaia HightowerInvestor at EPIC VENTURESXuhui ShaoPartner at Foothill Ventures

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