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Ankur Goyal

Founder

Founder & CEO at Braintrust

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedBraintrust

About

Previously founded and led Impira, an AI document-processing company acquired by Figma, where he then headed the ML Platform team. Earlier in his career he spent five years at SingleStore, rising to vice president of engineering.

Founder & CEO at Braintrust

Intro paths

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In turn, Ankur can intro founders to Braintrust's investors below.

Braintrust's investors · 6

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksElad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checksICONIQSan FranciscoSV AngelSan FranciscoValor Equity PartnersChicago

Co-founders at Braintrust

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Eden HalperinHead of Product

Experience

  1. BraintrustFounder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. FigmaHead of ML Platform2023San Francisco, California, United States
  3. ImpiraFounder & CEO2017 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  4. SingleStoreVice President of Engineering2011 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS CS, Computer Science

Skills & more

Distributed Systems33Software Engineering36Software Design8Software Development19Design Patterns4Algorithms25Scalability7Systems6Python34SQL17Git13Databases22
+5 moreC++C#CLinuxJava

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Ankur Goyal founded Braintrust.

Founder mafias

Carnegie Mellon University mafia221

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

William GuttmanDistinguished Service Professor of Economics & Special Advisor to ProvostFounded CurvePoint +3Rodney BrooksResearch ScientistFounded Rethink Robotics +2Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +2Dr. Manu KumarBSFounded Hi Hello +1Blake SchollBSFounded Boom +1Venkat ViswanathanAssociate ProfessorFounded Aionics +1

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SingleStore mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jordan TiganiChief Product OfficerFounded MotherduckNikita ShamgunovChief Strategy OfficerFounded SingleStoreJack CameronSoftware EngineerFounded SaldorMichael SilverSoftware Engineering InternFounded Kaizen

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University383

Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalOren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorVlad LoktevInvestor at Index VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Braintrust4

Saam MotamediInvestor at Greylock PartnersCorinne RileyPartner at Greylock PartnersAlbert ZhangAssociate at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Adrian BarbirFounder at Doe

Also worked at Figma36

Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsDylan FieldCo-founder and CEO of FigmaGrey BakerGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAjay VasheeInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

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Also worked at Impira3

Preston DeGarmoAssociate at Armory Square VenturesBelsasar LepeCo-Founder & CEO at CerbyJānis KrūmsVenture and Advisory Partner; Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor at Change Ventures

Also worked at SingleStore16

Bryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applicationsJordan TiganiVenture Partner at Zero Prime VenturesRaman KhannaManaging Director at Dell Technologies CapitalTony AskewFounder Partner at REV Venture PartnersAbhishek ShuklaManaging Director at Prosperity7 Ventures

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