About
Sanjay studied physics at IIT Madras and pursued doctoral research on network effects at MIT before founding Rune, a platform combining gaming, social networks, and software engineering.
Founder at RuneYC W19
Intro paths
YC
Sanjay went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Sanjay can intro founders to Rune's investors below.
Experience
- Rune AIFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
- RuneCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2018 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- MIT Media LabGraduate Student Researcher2016 — 2018Cambridge, Massachusetts
- SoftradeCTO2014 — 2016Bangalore
- TwiddlyFounder2014Bangalore
- MagnetWorksFull Stack Developer2013 — 2014Bangalore
- Deutsche BankAnalyst, Commodities Sales2012 — 2013Mumbai and Singapore
Skills & more
JavaScript9Entrepreneurship9Public Speaking10iOS development3Web Development4Mobile Applications3Algorithms1Node.js4PostgreSQL3C++8C4Management8
Languages English · Hindi · Kannada · Tamil
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sanjay Guruprasad?
- Sanjay studied physics at IIT Madras and pursued doctoral research on network effects at MIT before founding Rune, a platform combining gaming, social networks, and software engineering.
- Where does Sanjay Guruprasad work?
- Sanjay Guruprasad is Founder of Rune.
- What companies did Sanjay Guruprasad found?
- Sanjay Guruprasad founded Rune.
- Where did Sanjay Guruprasad go to school?
- Sanjay Guruprasad studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Grad (CS / Social Networks)); Y Combinator (Founder, Rune); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Undergrad (Physics)).
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