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Samir Menon

Founder

Founder at Blyss · Founder at Sail Research

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedBlyss · YCSail Research

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1,066 people in our graph share verified history with Samir — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Deep NisharunlockedSamir: together at Stanford University (2015–2018)
×8Samir: together at Stanford University
×2Samir: together at Sail Research
Samir: together at Yubico

About

Samir Menon was an engineer at Yubico and holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from Stanford (2019). He has published research on cryptographic topics.

Founder at BlyssYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Samir went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Samir can intro founders to Blyss's investors below.

Blyss's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Blyss

NMNeil Movva
Neil MovvaFounder

Founder at Sail Research

Intro paths

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In turn, Samir can intro founders to Sail Research's investors below.

Sail Research's investors · 5

Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checksCelesta CapitalMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2025Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksTheory VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $40M checks

Co-founders at Sail Research

NMNeil Movva
Neil MovvaFounder

Experience

  1. Sail ResearchCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. AppleSoftware Engineer2024 — 2025
  3. BlyssCo-Founder2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. YubicoSoftware Engineer2019 — 2022
  5. Applied Cryptography Group, Stanford UniversityResearcher2017 — 2019

Skills & more

JavaScriptReactNode.jsWeb Application SecurityCryptography2Deep LearningNatural Language ProcessingNetworkingDatabasesCC++Python
+2 moreDjangoMatlab

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Samir Menon?
Samir Menon was an engineer at Yubico and holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from Stanford (2019). He has published research on cryptographic topics.
Where does Samir Menon work?
Samir Menon is Founder of Blyss and Founder at Sail Research.
What companies did Samir Menon found?
Samir Menon founded Blyss, Sail Research.
Where did Samir Menon go to school?
Samir Menon studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Blyss mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Neil MovvaFounderFounded Sail Research

Sail Research mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Neil MovvaFounderFounded Blyss

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Neil MovvaFounder at Blyss