Find your path to Sanjay
418 people in our graph share verified history with Sanjay — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Javier BorrerounlockedSanjay: together at Deutsche Bank (2012–2013)
×6Sanjay: together at MIT Media Lab
×5Sanjay: together at Deutsche Bank
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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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)).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221
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Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co. +1Hemant TanejaMinorFounded Hippocratic AINat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded XamarinBrad FeldS.B.Founded TechstarsMatt HuangB.S.Founded Paradigm +1Delian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1
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Deutsche Bank mafia173
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Vlad YatsenkoAVP, Application Developer / Team LeadFounded RevolutDavid WhelanAssociate, Investment BankingFounded Town Hall Ventures +4Evan CaronDirectorFounded Fairwords +2Domenico CipollaProfessional TrainingFounded Home24 +1Keenan KwokTechnology Investment Banking AssociateFounded Getlinks +1Kulveer TaggarAnalystFounded Auctomatic +1
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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras mafia126
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Aravind SrinivasDual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech)Founded PerplexityAshok SanthanamBSFounded FogLogic +2Kamesh RaghavendraBachelor of TechnologyFounded Geminus +1Venkat ViswanathanBachelor of Technology and Master of TechnologyFounded AIONICS +1Sridhar RamaswamyB. Tech.Founded Neeva +1Akash AnandBachelor of Technology (BTech)Founded Desklamp +1
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Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of Dropbox
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Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras233
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Shared employers
Also worked at MIT Media Lab177
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Matt DonahoeCo-founder of SkydioWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesDr. Catherine HavasiAdvisor at AI CapitalWill JackInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersArjan SchütteFounder & Managing Partner at Core Venture Capital
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Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkVlad YatsenkoCo-founder & CTO of RevolutFunmi GarrickFinance and Operations at Impact America FundGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesJeppe ZinkPartner at NorthzoneDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera Capital
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