Founder at D2iQ
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Experience
- NutanixSenior Advisor2025
- NutanixVP, General Manager of Cloud Native2024 — 2025San Jose, California, United States
- NutanixSr. Director, General Manager of Cloud Native2023 — 2024San Jose, California, United States
- D2iQChief Executive Officer2020 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- D2iQCo-Founder & CTO2013 — 2020San Francisco, California, United States
- Y CombinatorYC Continuity Advisor2018San Francisco, California, United States
- AirbnbTech Lead2010 — 2013San Francisco, California, United States
- PingstaLead Software Architect2009 — 2010Redwood City, California, United States
- Knaup MultimediaCo-Founder1998 — 2009Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany
- PingstaSoftware Development Intern2007 — 2008Redwood City, California, United States
- Munich University of TechnologyTeaching Assistant2002 — 2003Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- University of WuerzburgElectronics Lab Intern2002Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Education
- Technical University of MunichDipl.-Ing., Electrical Engineering and Information Technology2002 — 2009
- American University of BeirutElectrical and Computer Engineering2007
Skills & more
German1Artificial Intelligence (AI)1DevOpsKubernetesRuby on Rails38Sentiment Analysis3Java17AWS1Machine Learning23Natural Language Processing6Security3Augmented Reality1
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Digital VideoHadoopData MiningAlgorithmsMySQLRubyDistributed SystemsSoftware DevelopmentAmazon Web Services (AWS)Self-esteemMesosScalabilityLanguages English · French · German
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- Tobias Knaup is Founder at D2iQ.
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- Tobias Knaup typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What companies did Tobias Knaup found?
- Tobias Knaup founded D2iQ.
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