Where does Mukund Tibrewala work?

Mukund Tibrewala is Co-founder & CTO 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).

Mukund Tibrewala

Founder

Co-founder & CTO at Salient

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSalient · YC

30 Under 30 2025 · Finance

Find your path to Mukund

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

Javier SolterounlockedMukund: together at Carnegie Mellon University (2013–2016)

×4Mukund: together at Dropbox

×6Mukund: together at Y Combinator

Mukund: together at UWC South East Asia

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.

Co-founder & CTO at Salient YC W23

Intro paths

Mukund went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — 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 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

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks MatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Salient

Ari MalikFounder

Arijit MalikCo-founder & CEO

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 Co-founder & CTO 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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Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Carnegie Mellon University mafia481

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Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01 Lucy GuoComputer Science & Human-Computer InteractionsFounded Passes +1 Guillaume LampleMaster's degreeFounded Mistral AI Joshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGen Jonathan RothbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Raindance Technologies +4 Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +3

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Dropbox mafia107

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Drew HoustonCo-Founder and Co-CEOFounded Accolade Kanjun QiuBusiness OperationsFounded Kanjun +2 Gautam JayaramanEngineerFounded Onsite Pro +2 Anatoly YakovenkoSoftware EngineerFounded Solana +2 Adam GrossSVP, Marketing and SalesFounded Personify +1 Ivan KiriginProduct ManagerFounded YesGraph +1

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UWC South East Asia mafia13

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Marcus LimaInternational baccalaureateFounded Torus +1 Shashank KhannaFounded Cashmere +1 Vaishant KameswaranInternational BaccalaureateFounded Tabnam +1 Christopher KahlerFounded Qriously +1 Bastiaan JanmaatFounded DataFox Ahana BanerjeeIB DiplomaFounded Clear

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Airtable mafia12

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Justin WoodbridgeEngineeringFounded Bayes +1 Stephen CampbellSoftware EngineerFounded Sensei +1 David BeyerInvestorFounded Chartio Diogo MónicaAdvisorFounded Anchorage Raymond TonsingInvestor & Board ObserverFounded Caffeinated Capital Howie LiuCo-Founder and CEOFounded Etacts

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Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Subomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of Convoy Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital Victor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

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Also attended Carnegie Mellon University731

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Lucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of Passes Guillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AI Joshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGen Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis Ventures Avi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Also attended UWC South East Asia34

Coen ArmstrongInvestor at Spark Capital AniTalent Team at Hummingbird Ventures Auguste FagniezSenior Associate at Fusion Harleen ThakralVice President at Elev8.vc Sid TrivediPartner at Foundation Capital Leisan GarifullinaAssociate at Savano Capital Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Airtable37

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at Benchmark Ellie HinkenInvestor at Khosla Ventures David BeyerPartner at Amplify Partners Max GazorInvestor at Striker Venture Partners Sam WerboffHead of Digital Native Enterprise GTM, Anthropic at EMERGENT VENTURES Akshay NathanEngineering Manager at Asymmetric Capital Partners

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Also worked at Dropbox192

Drew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of Dropbox Arash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox Quentin ClarkInvestment Team at General Catalyst Ana AndreescuInvestor at Index Ventures Mark GoldbergInvestor at Index Ventures Rachel HansenInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also worked at Carnegie Mellon University269

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis Ventures Diana HuGeneral Partner at Y Combinator Cindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures Maryanna SaenkoCo-founder at Future Ventures Salvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures Llc

+ 263 more

Also worked at Google2,000

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Brian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders Fund Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG Arash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox

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Find your path to Mukund

About

Co-founder & CTO at SalientYC W23

Intro paths

Salient's investors · 3

Co-founders at Salient

Experience

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Carnegie Mellon University mafia481

Dropbox mafia107

UWC South East Asia mafia13

Airtable mafia12

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University731

Also attended UWC South East Asia34

Shared employers

Also worked at Airtable37

Also worked at Dropbox192

Also worked at Carnegie Mellon University269

Also worked at Google2,000

Co-founder & CTO at Salient YC W23