About
Saba Khalilnaji previously worked as a logistics engineer at DoorDash and served as CTO at Conduit, a Y Combinator-backed company.
Founder at AlmondYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Saba went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Almond's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Saba can intro founders to Almond's investors below.
Almond's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Almond
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Shawn PatelFounder
Experience
- AlmondFounder, CEOcurrent2025 β presentEmeryville, California, United States
- Conduit (YC W23)Co-Founder, CTO2022 β 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- DoorDashSenior Staff Software Engineer2016 β 2022
- Thus LabsCo-Founder, CTO2015 β 2016Oakland, California, United States
- Codeshelf, Inc.Founding Engineer2014 β 2015Oakland, California, United States
- TubeMogul, Inc.Platform Engineer2012 β 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.
- What companies did Saba Khalilnaji found?
- Saba Khalilnaji founded Almond.
- 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).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Almond1
Also worked at Conduit (YC W23)1
Also worked at DoorDash70
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