About
Namit Chadha is the founder and CEO of Shape. He previously served as Product Design Lead at Meta and as a Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs.
Founder at ShapeYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Namit went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Namit can intro founders to Shape's investors below.
Shape's investors · 1
Experience
- MetaProductcurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- AttioProduct2024 — 2026
- ShapeFounder & CEO2021 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
- MetaProduct Design Lead2016 — 2021London, United Kingdom
- ListoraVP Product2013 — 2015London, United Kingdom
- MechioCo-Founder2011 — 2014London, United Kingdom
- AppSparkCo-Founder & CTO2009 — 2011London, United Kingdom
- Goldman SachsProgrammer Analyst2009 — 2010London, United Kingdom
- Goldman SachsProgrammer Analyst (Intern)2008London, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Java9Computer Science5Ruby13Ruby on Rails5Objective-C1iPhone development3User Interface Design6Entrepreneurship5Product Development1Software Development4Web Applications14Programming1
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Mobile ApplicationsWeb DevelopmentProduct ManagementResponsive Web DesignSASSJavaScriptHTMLSQLiPhonejQueryCSSGitLanguages English · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Namit Chadha?
- Namit Chadha is the founder and CEO of Shape. He previously served as Product Design Lead at Meta and as a Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs.
- Where does Namit Chadha work?
- Namit Chadha is Founder of Shape.
- What companies did Namit Chadha found?
- Namit Chadha founded Shape.
- Where did Namit Chadha go to school?
- Namit Chadha studied at Y Combinator (S21); Imperial College London (Master’s Degree, Computer Science); The British School, New Delhi (A-Levels, Maths).
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Attio mafia4
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Shared employers
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Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure
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