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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
Dhruv went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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 ↗
In turn, Dhruv can intro founders to Notebook Labs's investors below.
Notebook Labs's investors · 6
Co-founders at Notebook Labs


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
Skills & more
Languages English · French
- Machine Learning — Coursera
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dhruv Mangtani?
- 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).
- Where does Dhruv Mangtani work?
- Dhruv Mangtani is Founder of Notebook Labs.
- What companies did Dhruv Mangtani found?
- Dhruv Mangtani founded Notebook Labs.
- Where did Dhruv Mangtani go to school?
- Dhruv Mangtani studied at Stanford University (Master's degree, Computer Science); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics); Y Combinator.
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