Kundan Kumar
FounderCo-founder at Lyrebird.ai
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedLyrebird.ai · YC
About
Kundan Kumar founded Lyrebird, a voice cloning company that was acquired by Descript, where he led the AI team for five years and shipped multiple AI features. He has served on Descript's board since the acquisition through Series C.
Co-founder at Lyrebird.aiYC S17
Intro paths
YC
Kundan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Lyrebird.ai
AD
Alexandre de BrébissonCo-founder
JS
Jose SoteloCo-founder
Experience
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staffcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Character.AIMember of Technical Staff2025San Francisco Bay Area
- DescriptEngineering Manager, Applied AI Research2022 — 2024Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- DescriptBoard Member2019 — 2024
- DescriptHead of Artificial Intelligence2019 — 2023Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence InstitutePHD Student2017 — 2022Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- Lyrebird AICo-Founder2017 — 2019
- Université de MontréalResearch Intern, MILA2016 — 2017Montreal, Quebec, Cnada
- University of Massachusetts AmherstUndergraduate Research Scholar2015
Skills & more
C15C++10Bash2Torch4Matlab3HTML5Python3Machine Learning14Deep Learning9NLP5Computer Vision8Programming3
Languages English · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kundan Kumar?
- Kundan Kumar founded Lyrebird, a voice cloning company that was acquired by Descript, where he led the AI team for five years and shipped multiple AI features. He has served on Descript's board since the acquisition through Series C.
- Where does Kundan Kumar work?
- Kundan Kumar is Co-founder of Lyrebird.ai.
- What companies did Kundan Kumar found?
- Kundan Kumar founded Lyrebird.ai.
- Where did Kundan Kumar go to school?
- Kundan Kumar studied at Université de Montréal (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence); Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science); Université de Montréal (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence).
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