About
Joseph Perla is the founder of TrustedRouter.com and a serial entrepreneur with four exits. He previously held technology leadership positions at Facebook and Lyft, and has worked at companies including Hangout, Terminal.com, Turntable.fm, and Bridgewater. He holds a PhD in AI (incomplete) and studied computer science, philosophy, economics, and art history at Princeton, where he won a silver medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad.
Experience
- TrustedRouterFoundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- StartXSummer 2025 Cohort2025Stanford, California, United States
- HangoutCEO2020 — 2025
- LyftMachine Learning: Level 5 Autonomous Vehicles2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- LyftSenior Eng Manager: Passenger Acquisition / Growth2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- PlatoPlato Mentor - Engineering Leadership2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Terminal.com (CloudLabs, Inc)Co-Founder2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- FacebookTech Lead, News Feed for iPhone2012 — 2013Menlo Park
- Turntable (tt.fm) — TTFM LabsCo-Founder / VP of Technology2010 — 2011New York, NY
- Labmeeting, IncCo-Founder, CTO2007 — 2010Palo Alto, CA
- ZandigoCo-Founder2005 — 2007
Education
- Advisor: Charles ElkanPhD Candidate, Machine Learning
- Princeton UniversityBachelor's degree
Skills & more
x-ray vision12mind reading11flying7time travel1invisibility14clairvoyance2
- Private Pilot — Federal Aviation Administration
- Design 101 Course — Designlab (trydesignlab.com)
From Joseph's professional profile.
Colleagues at StartX
Amanda Dawson
Director, People Operations at StartX
Ankita Tiwari
Programs Manager at StartX
Anne Caillat
Vice President, Programs & Community at StartX
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Cameron Teitelman
Founder, CEO & Head of Admissions at StartX
Joseph Huang
CEO at StartX
Laura Kenney
Program Manager at StartX
Sreejith (Sreej) Mohan
Partner Program Manager at StartX
Tony Lai
Investor at StartX
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Joseph Perla work?
- Joseph Perla is at StartX.
Same school
Also attended Princeton University551
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Shared employers
Also worked at StartX59
Vincent DialloInvestor at DaphniJordan SegallPartner at Redpoint VenturesAmanda DawsonDirector, People Operations at StartXAnkita TiwariPrograms Manager at StartXAnne CaillatVice President, Programs & Community at StartXCameron TeitelmanFounder, CEO & Head of Admissions at StartX
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