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Saurabh Srivastava

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Founder at Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds Β· Founder/CEO at 20n

San Francisco, California, United States

Founded20n Β· YCWarpdrive by Synthetic Minds Β· YC

About

Saurabh Srivastava completed a PhD and postdoctoral research in code synthesis using theorem provers. He served as Head of Code Research at Essential AI, and previously founded two YC-backed companies focused on code synthesis for biological and automation applications. He currently works on code model development at NVIDIA.

Founder at Warpdrive by Synthetic MindsYC S18

Intro paths

YC

Saurabh went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Founder/CEO at 20nYC W15

Intro paths

YC

Saurabh went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Saurabh can intro founders to 20n's investors below.

Co-founders at 20n

CAChris Anderson
Chris AndersonFounder/CSO

Experience

  1. NVIDIANemotron, Advanced Deep Learning Researchcurrent2026 β€” present
  2. Essential AIHead of Research, Code Intelligence2024 β€” 2026
  3. Consequent AIFounder2023 β€” 2024
  4. WarpdriveFounder, CEO2017 β€” 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  5. 20nFounder, CEO2014 β€” 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  6. UC BerkeleyAssistant Research Engineer, Computer Science2012 β€” 2014
  7. UC BerkeleyPostdoctoral Researcher, Computer Science2010 β€” 2012
  8. University of MarylandPhD, Computer Science2003 β€” 2010
  9. MicrosoftResearcher2008Bangalore, India
  10. MicrosoftResearcher2007Redmond
  11. VMwareSoftware Engineering2005
  12. VMwareSoftware Engineering2004
  13. Hewlett-Packard LaboratoriesResearcher2003Greater Chennai Area
  14. Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurResearcher2002

Skills & more

AlgorithmsAlgorithm DesignDistributed SystemsSoftware SynthesisSoftware VerificationProgramming Language TheorySynthetic BiologyBioinformaticsOCaml/Haskell/Java/C/C#/Scala/Name it..

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Saurabh Srivastava?
Saurabh Srivastava completed a PhD and postdoctoral research in code synthesis using theorem provers. He served as Head of Code Research at Essential AI, and previously founded two YC-backed companies focused on code synthesis for biological and automation applications. He currently works on code model development at NVIDIA.
Where does Saurabh Srivastava work?
Saurabh Srivastava is Founder/CEO of 20n and Founder at Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds.
What companies did Saurabh Srivastava found?
Saurabh Srivastava founded 20n, Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds.
Where did Saurabh Srivastava go to school?
Saurabh Srivastava studied at University of California, Berkeley (Postdoc, Computer Science); University of Maryland (PhD, Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (BTech, Computer Science and Engineering).

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