Where does Tanya Verma work?

Tanya Verma is Founder of Tinfoil.

Where did Tanya Verma go to school?

Tanya Verma studied at Y Combinator (X25); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).

Tanya Verma

Founder

Founder at Tinfoil

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedTinfoil · YC

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Garry TanunlockedTanya: together at Y Combinator (2025)

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About

Tanya Verma previously worked on systems and cryptography at Cloudflare and studied computer science and CubeSats at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is co-founder of Tinfoil.

Founder at Tinfoil YC X25

Intro paths

Tanya went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Tinfoil's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Tanya can intro founders to Tinfoil's investors below.

Tinfoil's investors · 2

Rain CapitalBellevue Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Tinfoil

Jules DreanFounder

Sacha Servan-SchreiberFounder

Experience

TinfoilCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Cloudflare, Inc.Research Engineer2020 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
Cloudflare, Inc.Cryptography Engineering Intern2019San Francisco Bay Area
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Cubesat ProgramLead Communications Software Developer2017 — 2019Urbana-Champaign Area
NVIDIASystems Software Engineering Intern2018Santa Clara, CA
Mitra Research GroupUndergraduate Research Assistant2017Urbana-Champaign Area
University of Illinois, College of EngineeringEngineering Tour Guide2017Urbana-Champaign Area
National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsUndergraduate Intern2016 — 2017Urbana-Champaign Area

Skills & more

Research and Development (R&D)1Machine Learning1Applied Cryptography2Systems Engineering1Go1Functional ProgrammingRust (Programming Language)1C (Programming Language)1Linux1

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Tanya Verma?: Tanya Verma previously worked on systems and cryptography at Cloudflare and studied computer science and CubeSats at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is co-founder of Tinfoil.
Where does Tanya Verma work?: Tanya Verma is Founder of Tinfoil.
What companies did Tanya Verma found?: Tanya Verma founded Tinfoil.
Where did Tanya Verma go to school?: Tanya Verma studied at Y Combinator (X25); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).