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
Samir 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 Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Blyss's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Samir can intro founders to Blyss's investors below.
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Co-founders at Blyss
Experience
- Sail ResearchCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- AppleSoftware Engineer2024 — 2025
- BlyssCo-Founder2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- YubicoSoftware Engineer2019 — 2022
- Applied Cryptography Group, Stanford UniversityResearcher2017 — 2019
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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.
- What companies did Samir Menon found?
- Samir Menon founded Blyss.
- 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).
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