Where does Tarun Chitra work?

Tarun Chitra is Partner at Robot Ventures and Board director at Gauntlet.

What check size does Tarun Chitra write?

Tarun Chitra typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.

Where did Tarun Chitra go to school?

Tarun Chitra studied at Cornell University (B.A., Mathematics); Cornell University (B.S., Applied Engineering Physics); Charter School of Wilmington.

Tarun Chitra

Investor

Partner at Robot Ventures · Board director at Gauntlet

New York, New York

Writes $100K – $1M checks · typically $250K

Find your path to Tarun

236 people in our graph share verified history with Tarun — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Mike ZakunlockedTarun: together at Cornell (2007–2011)

×10Tarun: together at Cornell

Tarun: together at Robot Ventures

About

Tarun Chitra brings Gauntlet-style Monte Carlo, agent-based and stress-testing rigor to investments, acting as an embedded research partner who helps technical founders design mechanisms and quantify protocol risk.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

t•••@gauntlet.xyzreveal75% confident

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsFintech

Board director at Gauntlet

Intro paths

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In turn, Tarun can intro founders to Gauntlet's investors below.

Gauntlet's investors · 6

DragonflyNew York City · $3M – $30M checks Hack VCPalo Alto · $3M checks MetastableNew York City · $3M – $30M checks ParadigmSan Francisco · $1M – $100M checks Robot VenturesBeaverton · $100K – $1M checks SBI HoldingsEverett · since 2026

Co-founders at Gauntlet

Rei ChiangExecutive Officer

Experience

GauntletFounder, CEOcurrent2018 — present
Robot VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2020 — presentInternet
Vatic Labs (New York & San Francisco)Quantitative Research and Development2016 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
D. E. Shaw ResearchScientific Associate and Programmer2011 — 2016
Cornell UniversityStudent Research (Mathematics and Physics)2009 — 2011
Cornell UniversityMath Support Center Tutor2007 — 2011
Cornell UniversityUndergraduate Researcher, Software Development2010
Energy Recovery Linear Accelerator GroupStudent Research Summer2010
AstraZeneca R&DClinical Development Intern, Summer 20092009
AstraZeneca R&DEarly Development, Summer (2008) Intern2008

Skills & more

LaTeX18Python23Mathematics11Physics18Statistics11Data Analysis12C++9C7Research10Software Development6Mathematica3Simulations7

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Mathematical ModelingProgrammingMatlab

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Colleagues at Robot Ventures

Andy Cho

Director of Business Development at Robot Ventures

Cesar

Senior Software Engineer at Robot Ventures

Hart Lambur

Partner at Robot Ventures

Jeremy Neilson

Executive Officer at Robot Ventures

Kevin Wang

Investor at Robot Ventures

Navin Vethanayagam

Chief Brain at Robot Ventures

Richard Thoms

Executive Officer at Robot Ventures

Robert Leshner

Partner at Robot Ventures

Network3

Calvin Liu

Partner at Divergence

David Hoffman

General Partner at Bankless Ventures

Dovey Wan

Partner at Primitive Ventures

Investors connected to Tarun in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tarun Chitra?: Tarun Chitra brings Gauntlet-style Monte Carlo, agent-based and stress-testing rigor to investments, acting as an embedded research partner who helps technical founders design mechanisms and quantify protocol risk.
Where does Tarun Chitra work?: Tarun Chitra is Partner at Robot Ventures and Board director at Gauntlet.
What does Tarun Chitra invest in?: Tarun Chitra invests in AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Fintech.
What check size does Tarun Chitra write?: Tarun Chitra typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
Where did Tarun Chitra go to school?: Tarun Chitra studied at Cornell University (B.A., Mathematics); Cornell University (B.S., Applied Engineering Physics); Charter School of Wilmington.

Founder mafias

Cornell mafia535

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

John ZimmerBSFounded Lyft David SteinbergBAFounded Restorbio +3 Hanson S. Gifford, IIIBSMEFounded Miramar Labs +3 John WuAssistant ProfessorFounded Ava Labs +3 Uri LopatinBAFounded Assemblybio +2 Aniq RahmanB.S.Founded Ucmdigitalhealth +2

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Robot Ventures mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Hart LamburPartnerFounded UMA +2

Same school

Also attended Cornell University1,165

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite Asia Neeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery Ventures John ZimmerCo-founder of Lyft Michelle FernandesInvestor at Index Ventures Mike ZakInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Micah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder Collective

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Shared employers

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