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Neil Movva

Founder

Founder at Blyss

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedBlyss · YC

About

Neil Movva worked on machine learning infrastructure at Apple and NVIDIA, including the Apple Neural Engine and NVIDIA's cuDNN library. He holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford (2019).

Founder at BlyssYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Neil 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 Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Blyss's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Neil can intro founders to Blyss's investors below.

Blyss's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Blyss

SMSamir Menon
Samir MenonFounder

Experience

  1. Sail ResearchCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco
  2. Together AIResearch Engineer2024 — 2025San Francisco, CA
  3. BlyssCo-Founder2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  4. AppleSenior Software Engineer2019 — 2022Cupertino, CA
  5. Built RoboticsRobotics Engineer2018San Francisco
  6. NVIDIADeep Learning Architect, cuDNN2017
  7. NVIDIADeep Learning GPU Architect2016Santa Clara
  8. Sail ResearchFounder2014 — 2015
  9. Intel CorporationHard IP Group2015Santa Clara
  10. Stanford University School of MedicineStudent Researcher2014 — 2015Hagey Lab of Reconstructive Surgery

Skills & more

Electrical EngineeringComputer ArchitectureCUDAEmbedded SystemsPower SystemsMolecular BiologyReconstructive SurgeryHistologyBiomechanicsFinite Element AnalysisGPGPU3D Modeling
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Neil Movva?
Neil Movva worked on machine learning infrastructure at Apple and NVIDIA, including the Apple Neural Engine and NVIDIA's cuDNN library. He holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford (2019).
Where does Neil Movva work?
Neil Movva is Founder of Blyss.
What companies did Neil Movva found?
Neil Movva founded Blyss.
Where did Neil Movva go to school?
Neil Movva studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering); The Harker School.

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