About
Vishal Jain holds degrees in computer science from Harvard and previously worked as an engineer at Microsoft, Cohesity, and Clumio.
Founder at Iron LeapYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Vishal went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Iron Leap's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Iron Leap
VJ
Varun JainFounder
Experience
- Stealth AI StartupCo-Foundercurrent2025 β present
- Viva LabsCo-Founder2023 β 2025
- ZeusCloudCo-Founder2022 β 2024
- ClumioSoftware Engineer2019 β 2021Santa Clara, California
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Internship2018Greater Seattle Area
- Buckner LabResearcher2017 β 2018
- Harvard UniversityTeaching Fellow2017Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Computational Neuroscience Research AssistantResearch Assistant2016 β 2017
- CohesitySoftware Engineer Internship2017
- KeepspaceCo Founder2016 β 2017Greater Boston
- Institute of PoliticsTech Chair2016Cambridge
- CiscoSoftware Engineer Internship2016San Jose
- Election Recount Project Leader at Institute of PoliticsProject Team Leader2016
Skills & more
Distributed Systems12Machine Learning11Golang1Cloud Computing1Natural Language Processing (NLP)1TypeScriptLeadership15Microsoft Excel5Microsoft Office3Python (Programming Language)2C++1Public Speaking7
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JavaScriptRust (Programming Language)Languages English Β· Hindi Β· Marathi Β· Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vishal Jain?
- Vishal Jain holds degrees in computer science from Harvard and previously worked as an engineer at Microsoft, Cohesity, and Clumio.
- Where does Vishal Jain work?
- Vishal Jain is Founder of Iron Leap.
- What companies did Vishal Jain found?
- Vishal Jain founded Iron Leap.
- Where did Vishal Jain go to school?
- Vishal Jain studied at Harvard University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science); Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science); Monte Vista High School.
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