Where does Vaikkunth Mugunthan work?

Vaikkunth Mugunthan is Founder of DynamoFL.

What companies did Vaikkunth Mugunthan found?

Vaikkunth Mugunthan founded DynamoFL, DynamoFL.

Where did Vaikkunth Mugunthan go to school?

Vaikkunth Mugunthan studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Harvard University (PhD Minor, Privacy); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science).

Vaikkunth Mugunthan

Founder

Founder at DynamoFL

New York, New York, United States

FoundedDynamoFL · YC DynamoFL

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Vaikkunth Mugunthan holds an SM and PhD in computer science from MIT (2019, 2022) and is co-founder and CEO of DynamoFL, working in differential privacy and federated learning.

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

Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran DynamoFL's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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DynamoFL's investors · 6

Basis Set VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $3M checks Cathexis VenturesHouston · $250K – $1M checks Foresight VenturesSingapore Formus Capital Samsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at DynamoFL

Christian LauFounder

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Canapi VenturesNew York · since 2023 Formus Capitalsince 2023 Kickstart InnovationZurich · since 2023 Merus CapitalMenlo Park · $200K – $2.5M checks · since 2023 Nexus Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checks · since 2023 Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at DynamoFL

Christian LauExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

Dynamo AICEO / Co-Foundercurrent2021 — presentNew York, New York, United States
Vaikkunth's Angel InvestmentsAngel Investorcurrent2024 — present
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Research Assistant2017 — 2022Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Teaching Assistant2019 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTechnical Mentor - Global Startup Labs2018Baku, Azerbaijan & Johannesburg, South Africa
IntechMicroprediction Intern - Research Scientist2021
Fulltrack AI (by Maiden)Co-Founder2020 — 2021
JPMorgan Chase & Co.Summer Associate - Data Science and Machine Learning Intern2019New York City Metropolitan Area
MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Intern2017Tokyo, Japan
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR)Visiting Research Scholar2016Little Rock Metropolitan Area
IBMProject Trainee -Analytics2015 — 2016

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Languages English · Tamil

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Vaikkunth Mugunthan?: Vaikkunth Mugunthan holds an SM and PhD in computer science from MIT (2019, 2022) and is co-founder and CEO of DynamoFL, working in differential privacy and federated learning.
Where does Vaikkunth Mugunthan work?: Vaikkunth Mugunthan is Founder of DynamoFL.
What companies did Vaikkunth Mugunthan found?: Vaikkunth Mugunthan founded DynamoFL, DynamoFL.
Where did Vaikkunth Mugunthan go to school?: Vaikkunth Mugunthan studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Harvard University (PhD Minor, Privacy); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science).