About
Dhruv Mangtani studied physics and mathematics at Stanford and theoretical physics at Caltech, with research experience in AutoML at Berkeley's RISELab. He previously founded Maniac, Inc (a16z Speedrun 005) and is currently Co-Founder and CEO of Notebook Labs (YC S22).
Founder at Notebook LabsYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Dhruv went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Notebook Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Dhruv can intro founders to Notebook Labs's investors below.
Notebook Labs's investors · 6
Co-founders at Notebook Labs
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Nathaniel Masfen-YanFounder
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Solal AfotaFounder
Experience
- SyzygyFoundercurrent2025 — present
- Stanford UniversityTheoretical Physics Research, SITP2024 — 2025
- CaltechSummer Undergraduate Research Fellow2024Pasadena, California, United States
- Stanford UniversityTheoretical Physics Research, Choi Lab2023 — 2024Stanford, California, United States
- Notebook LabsCo-Founder2022 — 2023Stanford, California, United States
- DisarrayCompiler Engineering2021San Francisco, California, United States
- Berkeley RISE LabMachine Learning Research2020Berkeley, CA
Education
- Stanford UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science2025
- Stanford UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Physics2021 — 2025
- Y Combinator2022
- Menlo SchoolHigh School2017 — 2021
Skills & more
Languages English · French
- Machine Learning — Coursera
From Dhruv's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University1,765
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Also attended Y Combinator1,474
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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Also attended Menlo School30
Jack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupDaniel BreyerInvestor and founder in San FranciscoTed BreyerPartner at Breyer CapitalBuzz FannInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Sam ParkerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Jenn Kranz GuillenInvestor at Mucker Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Stanford University464
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also worked at Caltech42
Haomiao HuangFounding Partner at Matter Venture PartnersConnor CooleyVenture Partner at Electric Feel Ventures LlcHelen McBrideOperating Partner at BOLD LongevityAlex HartzGeneral Partner at Shine CapitalIlya FushmanPartner at KPCBMich Mathews-SpradlinVenture Partner at Griffin Gaming Partners
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