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Elyas Obbad

Founder

Founder at Alara

New York, New York, United States

FoundedAlara Β· YC

About

Elyas Obbad is co-founder of Alara. He previously worked as an engineer at Meta, Google, and DoorDash on large-scale AI systems and consumer products. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford and a B.S. from Columbia, with research experience at Stanford's Trustworthy AI Lab focusing on language model data and alignment.

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Elyas Obbad @obbadelyas

Super excited about this paper! It’s important for the community to have more discussion around this https://t.co/ZhaVBnWXl3

Oct 18, 2025 Β· β™₯ 5

Elyas Obbad @obbadelyas

Check out our work on verifiable code generation! This is an extremely promising research direction and I’m excited to see it gain traction https://t.co/mU3kkypRKw

Jul 18, 2025 Β· β™₯ 7

Founder at AlaraYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Elyas went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer β€” the partner who ran Alara's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, Elyas can intro founders to Alara's investors below.

Alara's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Alara

DSDr. Sabrine Obbad
Dr. Sabrine ObbadFounder
FR
Frank RoesslerExecutive Officer
SA
Swapnil AgarwalExecutive Officer

Experience

  1. ALARACo-Foundercurrent2025 β€” present
  2. Stanford UniversityAI Researchercurrent2023 β€” presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  3. DoorDashSoftware Engineer2022 β€” 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. GoogleSoftware Engineer2021Los Angeles, California, United States
  5. FacebookSoftware Engineer2020
  6. Nebula GenomicsSoftware Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science2023 β€” 2025
  2. Columbia UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2018 β€” 2022
  3. Columbia UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science2018 β€” 2022
  4. Stanford University

Skills & more

Python (Programming Language)6PyTorch4TensorFlow4Machine Learning5Functional Programming4MATLAB3C++3

From Elyas's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,726

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 Columbia University552

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at ALARA1

Dr. Sabrine ObbadFounder at Alara

Also worked at Stanford University458

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 DoorDash42

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint VenturesRyan BatraInvestor at Khosla VenturesRahul MehtaCo-founder at DST GlobalPejman NozadFounding Managing Partner at Pear VCDing ZhouHead of Content Engineering at Snap, Inc. at SignalFire

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Also worked at Google1,078

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis

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