Where does Saba Khalilnaji work?

Saba Khalilnaji is Founder of Almond and Founder at Conduit.

What companies did Saba Khalilnaji found?

Saba Khalilnaji founded Almond, Almond, Conduit.

Where did Saba Khalilnaji go to school?

Saba Khalilnaji studied at University of California, Berkeley (B.S. Bioengineering. Minor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science., Computer Science, Computational Biology).

Saba Khalilnaji

Founder

Founder at Almond · Founder at Conduit

Emeryville, California, United States

FoundedAlmond · YC Almond · YC Conduit · YC

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About

Saba Khalilnaji previously worked as a logistics engineer at DoorDash and served as CTO at Conduit, a Y Combinator-backed company.

Founder at Almond YC X25

Intro paths

Saba went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Almond's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Almond's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Almond

Shawn PatelFounder

Founder at Conduit YC W23

Intro paths

Saba 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 Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Conduit's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Conduit's investors · 20

Aperture Venture CapitalRadnor · $25K – $1M checks Autotech VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $8M checks Builders VCSan Francisco Core Venture CapitalLos Angeles · $1M – $5M checks DiagramMontreal DragonflyNew York · $3M – $30M checks Drive CapitalColumbus · $5M – $30M checks · since 2026 Eniac VenturesNew York City · $1.2M checks · since 2026 Gradient VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks Haun VenturesSilicon Valley · $1M – $100M checks · since 2024 Innovation EndeavorsPalo Alto · $1M – $15M checks · since 2026 Inovia CapitalMontreal · $250K – $8M checks Insta VenturesLimassol · $100K – $500K checks Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks MKT1 Capital Page One VenturesSilicon Valley ParadigmSan Francisco · $1M – $100M checks · since 2024 Pi LabsLondon · $440K – $2.5M checks Twelve BelowNew York · $1M – $3M checks · since 2026 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Conduit

Conrad LillenessFounder

Andrew HuangFounder

Cole RubinFounder

Kirill GertmanFounder

Michael GregsonFounder

Punn KamFounder

Punn KammFounder

Founder at Almond YC S22

Intro paths

Saba went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Almond's investors · 6

Kube VC Offline VenturesMill Valley · $250K – $5M checks Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks STEVEN EIDELMANSan Francisco True VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Almond

Tara RaffiFounder

Carly AllenFounder

Shawn PatelFounder

Tara Raffi Carly AllenFounder

Experience

AlmondFounder, CEOcurrent2025 — presentEmeryville, California, United States
Conduit (YC W23)Co-Founder, CTO2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
DoorDashSenior Staff Software Engineer2016 — 2022
Thus LabsCo-Founder, CTO2015 — 2016Oakland, California, United States
Codeshelf, Inc.Founding Engineer2014 — 2015Oakland, California, United States
TubeMogul, Inc.Platform Engineer2012 — 2014Emeryville, California, United States

Frequently asked questions

Who is Saba Khalilnaji?: Saba Khalilnaji previously worked as a logistics engineer at DoorDash and served as CTO at Conduit, a Y Combinator-backed company.
Where does Saba Khalilnaji work?: Saba Khalilnaji is Founder of Almond and Founder at Conduit.
What companies did Saba Khalilnaji found?: Saba Khalilnaji founded Almond, Almond, Conduit.
Where did Saba Khalilnaji go to school?: Saba Khalilnaji studied at University of California, Berkeley (B.S. Bioengineering. Minor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science., Computer Science, Computational Biology).