Mukund Tibrewala
FounderFounder at Salient
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSalient · YC
About
Mukund Tibrewala is the founder and CTO of Salient and previously worked as a software engineer at Airtable and Dropbox. He studied computer science and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University.
Founder at SalientYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Mukund went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — 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 Salient's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Mukund can intro founders to Salient's investors below.
Salient's investors · 3
Co-founders at Salient
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Ari MalikFounder
Experience
- SalientFounder & CTOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AirtableSoftware Engineer2020 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- DropboxSoftware Engineer2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityTeaching Assistant, 15-410: Operating Systems2016Greater Pittsburgh Region
- GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2016San Francisco Bay Area
- X, the moonshot factorySoftware Engineering Intern2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearcher, WiSE Lab2015Greater Pittsburgh Region
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityTeaching Assistant, 15-213: Computer Systems2015Greater Pittsburgh Region
- TranscripticSoftware Engineering Intern2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityEmbedded Software Specialist, Google Lunar X Prize Team2014Greater Pittsburgh Region
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearcher, Biorobotics Lab2013 — 2014Greater Pittsburgh Region
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mukund Tibrewala?
- Mukund Tibrewala is the founder and CTO of Salient and previously worked as a software engineer at Airtable and Dropbox. He studied computer science and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Where does Mukund Tibrewala work?
- Mukund Tibrewala is Founder of Salient.
- What companies did Mukund Tibrewala found?
- Mukund Tibrewala founded Salient.
- Where did Mukund Tibrewala go to school?
- Mukund Tibrewala studied at Y Combinator (W23); Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., Computer Science); UWC South East Asia (IB Diploma).
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