Fundraising Fox

Varun Tandon

Founder

Founder at Waypoint Transit

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedWaypoint Transit · YC

About

Varun Tandon holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and previously led machine learning initiatives at Microsoft, where he contributed to language models and diffusion model implementations for Office products. He is the co-founder and CEO of Waypoint Transit.

Founder at Waypoint TransitYC W25

Intro paths

YC

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

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Waypoint Transit's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

→

In turn, Varun can intro founders to Waypoint Transit's investors below.

Waypoint Transit's investors · 2

468 CapitalBerlinY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Waypoint Transit

RJRyan Johnston
Ryan JohnstonFounder

Experience

  1. WaypointCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. MicrosoftData and Applied Scientist 22024Mountain View, California, United States
  3. MicrosoftData and Applied Scientist2023 — 2024Mountain View, California, United States
  4. Stanford Canary Center for Cancer Early DetectionResearch Assistant2019 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Stanford UniversityCS109 Teaching Assistant (Probability for Computer Scientists)2022 — 2023Stanford, California, United States
  6. MicrosoftData Scientist Intern2022Mountain View, California, United States
  7. MicrosoftSoftware Engineering Intern2021
  8. Stanford UniversityCS106 Section Leader (TA)2019 — 2021Stanford, California
  9. TeslaSoftware Engineering Intern2020 — 2021Palo Alto, California, United States
  10. Oppia FoundationOpen Source Developer2019 — 2021
  11. MicrosoftSoftware Engineering Intern2020San Francisco Bay Area
  12. CheckbookLead Software Engineering Intern2018 — 2019
  13. Stanford Canary Center for Cancer Early DetectionResearch Intern2016San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Programming3Computer Science4Software DevelopmentJava2JavaScriptPython (Programming Language)5SQLLinux

Languages English · Hindi · Spanish

From Varun's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Varun Tandon?
Varun Tandon holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and previously led machine learning initiatives at Microsoft, where he contributed to language models and diffusion model implementations for Office products. He is the co-founder and CEO of Waypoint Transit.
Where does Varun Tandon work?
Varun Tandon is Founder of Waypoint Transit.
What companies did Varun Tandon found?
Varun Tandon founded Waypoint Transit.
Where did Varun Tandon go to school?
Varun Tandon studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Homestead High School (High School).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit +1

+ 8,766 more

Stanford University mafia903

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Peter ThielJ.D.Founded PayPal +1Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded LinkedIn +2Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +3Mike Maples JrBSFounded Pattern BreakersSteve JurvetsonMSEEFounded Mojo VisionBalaji SrinivasanGraduate StudentFounded Counsyl +1

+ 896 more

Homestead High School mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Brian LaHigh School DiplomaFounded NitrodeChristine WattsHigh School DiplomaFounded OxusArya KhokharFounded Eos AISunil ThapaFounded Elitra

Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Homestead High School10

Ajay KamatPartner at Pear VCShawn XuPartner at LowercarbonShawn XuInvestor at FloodgateCorey ReeseAngel investorEric LyAngelBrandon ScottInvestor at Mayfield Fund

+ 4 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Waypoint1

Ryan JohnstonFounder at Waypoint Transit

Also worked at Microsoft1,330

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

+ 1,324 more

Also worked at Stanford University821

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)

+ 815 more

Also worked at Tesla215

Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesJoe GebbiaCo-founder of AirbnbArpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesAndrew VogeleyVice President at Sapphire VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas Ventures

+ 209 more