Tanooj Luthra
FounderFounder/CTO at Streem · Founder/CTO at Elph
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedElph · YCStreem · YC
About
Tanooj Luthra worked at several technology companies including Elph, Box, Coinbase, Brex, and OpenAI before co-founding Streem in 2019.
Founder/CTO at StreemYC S12
Intro paths
YC
Tanooj went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Tanooj can intro founders to Streem's investors below.
Streem's investors · 4
Co-founders at Streem
RM
Ritik MalhotraFounder/CEO
SR
Samvit RamadurgamFounder
Founder/CTO at ElphYC W19
Intro paths
YC
Tanooj 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, Tanooj can intro founders to Elph's investors below.
Elph's investors · 6
DST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · $100K – $200M checksIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checksKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksRibbit CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $15M checksTiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019
Co-founders at Elph
Experience
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Nerve AICo-Founder and CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentNew York, United States
- Khushi BabyBoard Member and CTOcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- BrexHead of Engineering for Startups + Banking2021 — 2023
- BrexSenior Engineering Manager, Foundation Platform + Observability2020 — 2021New York, United States
- BrexEngineering Manager, Brex Cash2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- ElphCo-Founder & CTO2018 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- CoinbaseSenior Crypto Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco, California
- BoxStaff Software Engineer2014 — 2017Redwood City, California
- StreemCo-Founder and CTO2013 — 2014San Jose, CA
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2012Redmond, Washington
- mChronSoftware Engineer2011
- Mimvi IncSoftware Engineer2010San Francisco Bay Area
- San Diego Supercomputer CenterSoftware Engineer2008University of California, San Diego
Education
- Y Combinator
- University of California, BerkeleyBS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2009 — 2013
- Y Combinator
Skills & more
Python8Ruby on Rails4Cocos2d3iOS development2Mobile Applications3JavaScript5HTML3Meteor1Ruby3Java3Objective-C3C++4
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jQueryDjangoSchemeCMySQLLanguages English · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Tanooj Luthra work?
- Tanooj Luthra is Founder/CTO at Streem and Founder/CTO at Elph.
- What companies did Tanooj Luthra found?
- Tanooj Luthra founded Elph, Streem.
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