Varun Wadhwa
FounderFounder at Traceforce
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedTraceforce · YC
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About
Varun Wadhwa is co-founder and CTO of Traceforce, an on-device security platform that monitors and controls AI applications and agents across enterprise device fleets. He previously worked as a senior software engineer at LinkedIn on database systems for RAG, as a staff software engineer at Clumio on distributed data infrastructure and backup, and on distributed payments systems at Microsoft, and holds a BS in EECS from UC Berkeley.
Founder at TraceforceYC S26
Intro paths
Varun went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — 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 Traceforce's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Experience
- TraceforceCo-founder & CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- LinkedInSenior Software Engineer2025Mountain View, California, United States
- ClumioStaff Software Engineer2021 — 2025Santa Clara, California, United States
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2020 — 2021Redmond, Washington
- VIZIOSoftware Engineering Intern2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Starbutter AISoftware Engineering Intern2019Berkeley, California
- Digital AssetSoftware Engineering Intern2018
- SelfCheckCo-Founder2016 — 2017
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Varun Wadhwa?
- Varun Wadhwa is co-founder and CTO of Traceforce, an on-device security platform that monitors and controls AI applications and agents across enterprise device fleets. He previously worked as a senior software engineer at LinkedIn on database systems for RAG, as a staff software engineer at Clumio on distributed data infrastructure and backup, and on distributed payments systems at Microsoft, and holds a BS in EECS from UC Berkeley.
- Where does Varun Wadhwa work?
- Varun Wadhwa is Founder of Traceforce.
- What companies did Varun Wadhwa found?
- Varun Wadhwa founded Traceforce.
- Where did Varun Wadhwa go to school?
- Varun Wadhwa studied at UC Berkeley College of Engineering (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Rye Country Day School (High School); American School in London (Middle School).
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