Where does Shayan Salehian work?

Shayan Salehian is Founder of Mirendil.

What companies did Shayan Salehian found?

Shayan Salehian founded Mirendil.

Where did Shayan Salehian go to school?

Shayan Salehian studied at University of California, Riverside (Master’s Degree, Computer Science); Sharif University of Technology (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering).

Shayan Salehian

Founder

Founder at Mirendil

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedMirendil

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About

He was a member of technical staff at xAI from 2024 to 2026, and before that spent six years on machine learning at Twitter and X, most recently as a staff machine learning engineer. He also interned as a machine learning engineer at PayPal.

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Mirendil's investors · 3

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026 Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2026 NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2026

Co-founders at Mirendil

Behnam NeyshaburFounder

Harsh MehtaFounder

Experience

MirendilCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
xAIMember of Technical Staff2024 — 2026Palo Alto, California, United States
XStaff Machine Learning Engineer2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
TwitterSenior Machine Learning Engineer2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
PayPalMachine Learning Engineer Intern2017

Skills & more

Creativity9Python37Tensorflow3Scala1Java46Django13C++49C29JavaScript21ASP.NET3C#3Linux26

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Node.jsPHPLaravel PHP FrameworkBashGitMySQLjQueryCSSSASSLeadershipProgrammingMachine Learning

Languages English · Persian

Self-Driving Car Engineer — Udacity

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Shayan Salehian?: He was a member of technical staff at xAI from 2024 to 2026, and before that spent six years on machine learning at Twitter and X, most recently as a staff machine learning engineer. He also interned as a machine learning engineer at PayPal.
Where does Shayan Salehian work?: Shayan Salehian is Founder of Mirendil.
What companies did Shayan Salehian found?: Shayan Salehian founded Mirendil.
Where did Shayan Salehian go to school?: Shayan Salehian studied at University of California, Riverside (Master’s Degree, Computer Science); Sharif University of Technology (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering).

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PayPal mafia113

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University of California, Riverside mafia31

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Sharif University of Technology mafia27

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Peyman KazemianB.Sc.Founded Forward Networks +1 Arash JamshidiElectrical EngineeringFounded Moonwalk Biosciences +1 Ramin BehzadiBachelor of ScienceFounded UPGUYS Ehsan ForoughiB.Eng.Founded Crewscope Babak ParvizBachelor of Science (BS)Founded NewDays Niki BayatBachelor of Science (B.Sc.)Founded AesculaTech

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Also attended University of California, Riverside56

Mellissa GraySenior Scientist, Protein Sciences at Deerfield Management Company Dr Jonathan AvesarScientific Lead at Lever VC Brett TeeleChief Financial Officer & Partner at Unusual Ventures Lina ChongInvestor at HV Capital Vanessa SmallInvestor at DigitalDx Ventures Bo ZhaoDirector of Commercialization at First Bight Ventures

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Hamid RateghVenture Technology Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund Arash AfrakhtehPartner at Pear VC Sara ShabaniSenior Associate at Cota Capital Ramin BehzadiGeneral Manager at Apex Innovative Investments Ventures Ehsan ForoughiCo-Founder & CTO, Crewscope at Futuresight Aaron RezaeiFormer General Partner at Archangel Network of Funds

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Shared employers

Also worked at Mirendil3

Mei Z.General Partner at Alloy Fund Behnam NeyshaburFounder at Mirendil Harsh MehtaFounder at Mirendil

Also worked at xAI48

Michael TruellCo-founder & CEO of Cursor Michael RobinsonInvestor at Craft Ventures Zach CarloAnalyst at Miami University Redhawk Ventures Tarek WakedCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Type One Ventures Ben LangBuilder, former founder, and community guy Kent MadsenFounding Managing Partner Emeritus & Venture Partner at EPIC VENTURES

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Also worked at X6

Randy GleinFounder and Managing Partner at DFJ Victor Bunoust-RoquerePrincipal at Manhattan Venture Partners Alex KaminsVenture Partner at Griffin Gaming Partners Parth ChopraCo-Founder and CTO at Candle Daniel O'SheaFounder at Interviewed Ryland BirchmeierFounder at Dream

Also worked at Twitter224

Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil Capital Peter FentonGeneral Partner at Benchmark Matt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm Evan WilliamsCo-founder of Twitter, Blogger and Medium Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Mischa VaughnHead of Content at Felicis Ventures

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