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Dhruv Mehta

Founder

Founder/CEO at Outbound

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedOutbound · YC

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Dr. Troy CrossunlockedDhruv: together at Anadro (2023–2025)
×4Dhruv: together at YC W15
×2Dhruv: together at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
×3Dhruv: together at Google Inc

About

Dhruv Mehta works in systems engineering with a focus on distributed systems, low-latency serving infrastructure, and machine learning, including recommendation models. His technical experience spans distributed systems development in Go, web application development in Python, and systems engineering in Rust, with additional interests in Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Founder/CEO at OutboundYC W15

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YC

Dhruv went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Experience

  1. AnadroFounder2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  2. BitcoinBitcoin Core Contributor - BIP3242021 — 2023
  3. BitcoinBitcoin Core Rookie2020 — 2021
  4. Kong Inc.Engineering Manager, OCTO2019 — 2020San Francisco
  5. XwingEngineering Manager2018 — 2019San Francisco
  6. ZendeskDirector, Product Management2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Outbound.ioCEO2013 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Nest LabsSr. Software Engineer2013Palo Alto, CA
  9. GetaroundSoftware Engineer2011 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Google IncSoftware Engineer III2010 — 2011Mountain View, CA
  11. Google IncSoftware Engineer II2008 — 2010Bangalore, India
  12. Google, BangaloreSoftware Engineering Intern2007Bangalore, India

Skills & more

Recommendation Systems2Python29Google App Engine4MapReduce8Machine Learning6Algorithms13Hadoop2Git5Natural Language Processing1C++9Distributed Systems15Big Data6
+12 moreJavaObjective-CAmazon Web Services (AWS)ScalaC++ Distributed Systems EngineeringJava Backend SystemsC++/Java low latency serving path systemsCRuby on RailsJavaScriptRubyDjango

Languages English · Hindi

  • Commercial Pilot (ASEL) — Federal Aviation Administration
  • Instrument Rating (ASEL) — Federal Aviation Administration
  • Private Pilot (ASEL) — Federal Aviation Administration

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Who is Dhruv Mehta?
Dhruv Mehta works in systems engineering with a focus on distributed systems, low-latency serving infrastructure, and machine learning, including recommendation models. His technical experience spans distributed systems development in Go, web application development in Python, and systems engineering in Rust, with additional interests in Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Where does Dhruv Mehta work?
Dhruv Mehta is Founder/CEO of Outbound.
What companies did Dhruv Mehta found?
Dhruv Mehta founded Outbound.
Where did Dhruv Mehta go to school?
Dhruv Mehta studied at Y Combinator; National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (B. Tech., Computer Science and Engineering).

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