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721 people in our graph share verified history with Cristian — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Mischa VaughnunlockedCristian: together at Twitter (2012)
×3Cristian: together at Google
×4Cristian: together at Coinbase
×3Cristian: together at Twitter
About
Now a member of technical staff at OpenAI, he previously led trading platform engineering at Coinbase and managed growth engineering at Twitter, which acquired his news-aggregation startup Summify. He also co-founded Memo.AI and balaur.ro, and interned as a software engineer at Google.
Co-Founder & former CEO at Runloop
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Co-founders at Runloop
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Denny BritzCo-Founder & CTO
Experience
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- RunloopCo-Founder, CEO2021 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- CoinbaseHead of Trading Platform Engineering2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Memo.AICo-founder2015 — 2018San Francisco
- TwitterSr. Engineering Manager (Growth)2012 — 2014San Francisco
- SummifyCo-founder2010 — 2012Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- balaur.roCo-founder2009Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2008Zurich, Switzerland
- infoarena.roCo-Founder and President2004 — 2008Romania
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2007Mountain View, California
- Innovate ConsultSoftware Development Consultant2004 — 2007Romania
- Hostway RomaniaSoftware Engineer2007Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
- Yarosa EntertainmentSoftware Engineer2005 — 2006Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Skills & more
Python74MySQL62PHP14JavaScript48MongoDB20Objective-C8Linux27C++26Redis5C11iOS development5Cloud Computing7
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Cristian Strat?
- Now a member of technical staff at OpenAI, he previously led trading platform engineering at Coinbase and managed growth engineering at Twitter, which acquired his news-aggregation startup Summify. He also co-founded Memo.AI and balaur.ro, and interned as a software engineer at Google.
- Where does Cristian Strat work?
- Cristian Strat is Co-Founder & former CEO of Runloop.
- What companies did Cristian Strat found?
- Cristian Strat founded Runloop.
- Where did Cristian Strat go to school?
- Cristian Strat studied at University of Bucharest (Master’s Degree, Distributed Systems); University of Bucharest (Bachelor’s Degree, Math, Computer Science).
Founder mafias
OpenAI mafia103
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanBoard MemberFounded LinkedIn +2Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEOFounded Tools for Humanity +2Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board memberFounded PayPal +5Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief ScientistFounded Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasResearch ScientistFounded PerplexityDario AmodeiVP of ResearchFounded Anthropic
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Coinbase mafia93
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Balaji SrinivasanCTOFounded Counsyl +1Fred EhrsamCo-founderFounded NudgeBrian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEOFounded NewLimitKuberan MarimuthuEngineeringFounded Hashcube +2Surojit ChatterjeeChief Product OfficerFounded Ema +1Rob WitoffChief Technology OfficerFounded Chalktalk +1
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University of Bucharest mafia10
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Daniel DinesMSFounded UiPathAdi OlteanBachelor's degreeFounded Lumen Orbit +1Oana Andreea JingaBAFounded DexoryDana GhezaBAFounded MachinationsMircea PașoiBachelorFounded Brain Co.Ciprian (Chip) BorodescuMaster's DegreeFounded MorphL
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Same school
Also attended University of Bucharest24
Daniel DinesCo-founder, CEO & Chairman of UiPathCristian MunteanuManaging Partner at Early Game VenturesDan CalugareanuPartner at Early Game VenturesCristian NegrutiuFounding Partner at Sparking CapitalDelia SabauHead of Portfolio and Risk Management at CKC.FundMatei DumitrescuVenture Partner Romania at FRC FUND MANAGEMENT S.À R.L.
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Shared employers
Also worked at OpenAI186
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
+ 180 more
Also worked at Coinbase185
Balaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeBrian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of CoinbaseJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesKatrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalSimon CantInvestor at Reinventure Group
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