About
Pushkar Lanka was an engineering manager at Plaid overseeing privacy and risk, and previously worked as an early engineer on Meta's blockchain initiative.
Founder at TravaYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Pushkar went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Pushkar can intro founders to Trava's investors below.
Experience
- TravaFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- PlaidEngineering Manager2021 — 2024New York, New York, United States
- FacebookSoftware Engineer, Novi2020 — 2021Menlo Park, California, United States
- FacebookSoftware Engineer, Creator Monetization2018 — 2020Menlo Park, California
- FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2017Menlo Park, California
Skills & more
Java6Python1C1Flask1AndroidGit1Amazon Web Services (AWS)1C++DjangoFirebasePython (Programming Language)2Natural Language Processing
Languages English · French · Telugu
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Pushkar Lanka?
- Pushkar Lanka was an engineering manager at Plaid overseeing privacy and risk, and previously worked as an early engineer on Meta's blockchain initiative.
- Where does Pushkar Lanka work?
- Pushkar Lanka is Founder of Trava.
- What companies did Pushkar Lanka found?
- Pushkar Lanka founded Trava.
- Where did Pushkar Lanka go to school?
- Pushkar Lanka studied at Y Combinator (W25); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science).
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