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Prateek Mittal

Founder

Founder at Crosslayer Labs

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

FoundedCrosslayer Labs · YC

About

Prateek Mittal is a computer science professor at Princeton University specializing in cybersecurity and privacy, and co-founder of Crosslayer Labs. He has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award and has contributed research to HTTPS security protocols and large language model security at OpenAI.

Founder at Crosslayer LabsYC W26

Intro paths

YC

Prateek went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Crosslayer Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Prateek can intro founders to Crosslayer Labs's investors below.

Crosslayer Labs's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Crosslayer Labs

HBHenry Birge-Lee
Henry Birge-LeeFounder
GCGrace Cimaszewski
Grace CimaszewskiFounder

Experience

  1. Princeton UniversityProfessorcurrent2022 — present
  2. Princeton UniversityAssociate Professor2018 — 2022
  3. Princeton UniversityAssistant Professor2013 — 2018Princeton
  4. UC BerkeleyPostdoc2012 — 2013Berkeley
  5. University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignResearch Assistant2006 — 2012
  6. Philips ResearchResearch Intern2011
  7. Philips ResearchResearch Intern2010
  8. International Computer Science InstituteResearch Intern2009
  9. Microsoft ResearchResearch Intern2008
  10. INRIAResearch Intern2005

Skills & more

Computer Science2Distributed Systems1Bioinformatics1Applied Mathematics1Algorithms9LaTeX2Computer Security1C++3C1

From Prateek's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Prateek Mittal?
Prateek Mittal is a computer science professor at Princeton University specializing in cybersecurity and privacy, and co-founder of Crosslayer Labs. He has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award and has contributed research to HTTPS security protocols and large language model security at OpenAI.
Where does Prateek Mittal work?
Prateek Mittal is Founder of Crosslayer Labs.
What companies did Prateek Mittal found?
Prateek Mittal founded Crosslayer Labs.
Where did Prateek Mittal go to school?
Prateek Mittal studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (B.TECH, Computer Science and Engineering).

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