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
YC
Jules went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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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
Co-founders at Tinfoil
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Tanya VermaFounder
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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).
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