Sacha Servan-Schreiber
FounderFounder at Tinfoil
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedTinfoil Β· YC
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Hope CochranunlockedSacha: together at MongoDB (2016)
Γ4Sacha: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Γ6Sacha: together at MongoDB
Sacha: together at Brown University
About
Sacha Servan-Schreiber is a co-founder of Tinfoil and holds a PhD in cryptography from MIT.
Founder at TinfoilYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Sacha went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Tinfoil's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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Co-founders at Tinfoil
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Tanya VermaFounder
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Jules DreanFounder
Experience
- TinfoilCo-Foundercurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctoral Student2019 β 2025Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- NTT RESEARCHResearch Intern2024Sunnyvale, California, United States
- MicrosoftResearch Intern2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MongoDBIntern2016New York, New York, United States
- MongoDBIndependent Contractor2015New York, United States
Skills & more
Computer ScienceSecurity ProtocolsNetwork SecurityInternet SecurityInternet InfrastructureSystems DesignDatabasesCryptographySecure ComputingMobile Platforms
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- Who is Sacha Servan-Schreiber?
- Sacha Servan-Schreiber is a co-founder of Tinfoil and holds a PhD in cryptography from MIT.
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- Sacha Servan-Schreiber is Founder of Tinfoil.
- What companies did Sacha Servan-Schreiber found?
- Sacha Servan-Schreiber founded Tinfoil.
- Where did Sacha Servan-Schreiber go to school?
- Sacha Servan-Schreiber studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science, Computational Science); Brown University (Bachelor of Science, Computational Science).
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