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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 TinfoilYC 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 ↗
In turn, Jules can intro founders to Tinfoil's investors below.
Tinfoil's investors · 12
Co-founders at Tinfoil
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.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,594
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Microsoft mafia1,488
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,487
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NVIDIA mafia157
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
NVIDIA mafia125
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