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Tejas Sundaresan

Founder

Founder at Dialect

Mountain View, California, United States

FoundedDialect · YC

About

Tejas Sundaresan is a co-founder at Dialect.

Founder at DialectYC S22

Intro paths

YC

Tejas went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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

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In turn, Tejas can intro founders to Dialect's investors below.

Dialect's investors · 5

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2025HearstLabNew York · $500K – $1M checks · since 2025Otium CapitalParisWa'ed VenturesDhahran · $506K – $25M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Dialect

JTJames Thomas
James ThomasFounder
TGTony Ginart
Tony GinartFounder

Experience

  1. DatabricksProduct, Mosaic AIcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. DialectCo-Founder2022 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
  3. GoogleProduct Manager2019 — 2021
  4. GoogleSoftware Engineer2017 — 2019Mountain View, CA
  5. MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Researcher2014 — 2017Cambridge, MA

Skills & more

PythonJavaTeamworkResearchMathematical ModelingTechnical Writing

Languages English · Spanish · Tamil

  • Emergency Medical Technician, Basic Life Support — National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians

From Tejas's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tejas Sundaresan?
Tejas Sundaresan is a co-founder at Dialect.
Where does Tejas Sundaresan work?
Tejas Sundaresan is Founder of Dialect.
What companies did Tejas Sundaresan found?
Tejas Sundaresan founded Dialect.
Where did Tejas Sundaresan go to school?
Tejas Sundaresan studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Science); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA).

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