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Varun Tandon
FounderCEO at Waypoint Transit
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedWaypoint Transit · YC
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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.
CEO at Waypoint TransitYC W25
Intro paths
Varun went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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.
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Co-founders at Waypoint Transit
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 CEO of Waypoint Transit.
- What companies did Varun Tandon found?
- Varun Tandon founded Waypoint Transit.
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