Yan Michalevsky
InvestorFounderInvestor at Bitfwd Capital · CTO at Anjuna
New York City Metropolitan Area
FoundedAnjuna · YC
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About
Yan M. co-founded Cryptosat (now Aptos Orbital), a company focused on deploying a tamper-proof root-of-trust in orbit for blockchain and space applications, and currently works as an engineer at Autonomous Security. He co-founded and served as CTO of Anjuna, an enterprise security company working in confidential computing and secure enclaves, and has over 20 years of experience in software development, security, and cryptography, along with a PhD from Stanford University. He has spoken at BlackHat, RSAC, and academic conferences, published on topics including side-channel attacks, mobile privacy, smart contracts, and trusted execution environments, and previously built BoxStream, a cloud music application.
CTO at AnjunaYC W18
Intro paths
Yan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yan Michalevsky?
- Yan M. co-founded Cryptosat (now Aptos Orbital), a company focused on deploying a tamper-proof root-of-trust in orbit for blockchain and space applications, and currently works as an engineer at Autonomous Security. He co-founded and served as CTO of Anjuna, an enterprise security company working in confidential computing and secure enclaves, and has over 20 years of experience in software development, security, and cryptography, along with a PhD from Stanford University. He has spoken at BlackHat, RSAC, and academic conferences, published on topics including side-channel attacks, mobile privacy, smart contracts, and trusted execution environments, and previously built BoxStream, a cloud music application.
- Where does Yan Michalevsky work?
- Yan Michalevsky is CTO of Anjuna and at Bitfwd Capital.
- What companies did Yan Michalevsky found?
- Yan Michalevsky founded Anjuna.
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Techstars mafia2,506
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Stanford University mafia2,295
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Microsoft mafia1,488
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