Where does Kundan Kumar work?

Kundan Kumar is Co-founder of Lyrebird.ai and Board director at Descript.

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).

Kundan Kumar

Founder

Board director at Descript · Co-founder at Lyrebird.ai

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedLyrebird.ai · YC

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

Mike ArpaiaunlockedKundan: together at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute (2019–2020)

Kundan: together at University of Massachusetts Amherst

×5Kundan: together at OpenAI

Kundan: together at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

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.

Board director at Descript

Intro paths

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In turn, Kundan can intro founders to Descript's investors below.

Descript's investors · 8

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2023 Atelier HubSpot VenturesCambridge · $500K – $5M checks Obvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checks · since 2021 OpenAI Startup FundSan Francisco · $1M checks · since 2022 Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2023 Todd and Rahul’s Angel FundSan Francisco · $300K – $500K checks

Co-founders at Descript

Andrew MasonExecutive Officer, Director

Co-founder at Lyrebird.ai YC S17

Intro paths

Kundan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Kundan can intro founders to Lyrebird.ai's investors below.

Lyrebird.ai's investors · 2

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Lyrebird.ai

Alexandre de BrébissonCo-founder

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 and Board director at Descript.
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).