Where does Jules Drean work?

Jules Drean is Founder of Tinfoil.

Where did Jules Drean go to school?

Jules Drean studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Security); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science And Electrical Engineering); Télécom Paris (Master of Science - MS).

Jules Drean

Founder

Founder at Tinfoil

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

FoundedTinfoil · YC

Find your path to Jules

734 people in our graph share verified history with Jules — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Hannes Voucko-GlocknerunlockedJules: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2024–2025)

×5Jules: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

×3Jules: together at NVIDIA

×2Jules: together at Lycée Henri IV

About

Jules holds a PhD from MIT in secure hardware and confidential computing, with prior roles at Microsoft Research and NVIDIA. His research has focused on secure enclave design, microarchitectural attack defenses, and cryptographic deployment including fully homomorphic encryption and multiparty computation.

Founder at Tinfoil YC X25

Intro paths

Jules went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Tinfoil's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Jules can intro founders to Tinfoil's investors below.

Tinfoil's investors · 2

Rain CapitalBellevue Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Tinfoil

Tanya VermaFounder

Sacha Servan-SchreiberFounder

Experience

TinfoilCo-foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, Californie, États-Unis
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPHD Student2018 — 2025Cambridge, Massachusetts, États-Unis
MicrosoftResearch Intern2023Seattle, Washington, États-Unis
NVIDIAResearch Intern2022États-Unis
Gradient TechSystem Engineer Intern2019Cambridge, Massachusetts, États-Unis
Cadence Design SystemsSoftware Engineer Intern2017Boston, Massachusetts, États-Unis

Skills & more

Cryptographie2Systèmes embarqués2Processeurs1Conception de protocoles

Languages Anglais · Espagnol · Français

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jules Drean?: Jules holds a PhD from MIT in secure hardware and confidential computing, with prior roles at Microsoft Research and NVIDIA. His research has focused on secure enclave design, microarchitectural attack defenses, and cryptographic deployment including fully homomorphic encryption and multiparty computation.
Where does Jules Drean work?: Jules Drean is Founder of Tinfoil.
What companies did Jules Drean found?: Jules Drean founded Tinfoil.
Where did Jules Drean go to school?: Jules Drean studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Security); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science And Electrical Engineering); Télécom Paris (Master of Science - MS).