Where does Zara Perumal work?

Zara Perumal is Founder of Overwatch.

What companies did Zara Perumal found?

Zara Perumal founded Overwatch.

Where did Zara Perumal go to school?

Zara Perumal studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master's, Artificial Intelligence); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).

Zara Perumal

Founder

Founder at Overwatch

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

FoundedOverwatch · YC

30 Under 30 2023 · Enterprise Technology

Find your path to Zara

874 people in our graph share verified history with Zara — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Lou SegallunlockedZara: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012–2016)

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Zara: together at Apple

Zara: together at MIT Lincoln Laboratory

About

Zara studied artificial intelligence and cybersecurity at MIT, focusing on active learning for malware detection and post-election audit systems. She previously worked at Google on the Assistant team and later at Google's Threat Analysis Group, where she developed machine learning systems for threat intelligence and malware analysis.

Founder at Overwatch YC S22

Intro paths

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

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In turn, Zara can intro founders to Overwatch's investors below.

Overwatch's investors · 8

New Era Capital PartnersTel Aviv Pathlight VenturesOld Bridge · $500K – $5M checks Portland Seed FundPortland · $25K checks · since 2022 PruVen Capital PartnersLos Altos · $100K – $10M checks REFASHIOND VenturesNew York · $25K checks Shield CapitalSan Francisco · since 2022 SQUADRA VENTURESBaltimore · $1M – $4M checks · since 2022 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Overwatch

Arjun BisenFounder

Experience

OverwatchCo-Foundercurrent2022 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
GoogleSoftware Engineer -- Threat Analysis Group2018 — 2022Cambridge, MA
Harvard's Belfer CenterDefending Digital Democracy Project, Team Member2017 — 2018
MIT Laboratory for Data Science and Decision SystemsGraduate Student2016 — 2018Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Graduate Student2016 — 2018
Akamai TechnologiesData Analytics Intern2017Cambridge, MA
GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2016Mountain View
NASDAQData Science Intern2016Boston
AppleSoftware Engineering Intern2015
MIT Lincoln LaboratoryBioinformatics Intern2014 — 2015
Jasper RidgeMobile Application Developer2014
Reela, Inc.Software Developer2014
Weizmann Institute of ScienceUndergraduate Researcher2014Rehovot, Israel
Kellis Lab, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryUndergraduate Researcher2014Cambridge, Massachusetts
IlluminaBioinformatics Intern2013San Diego, California
Regev Lab, Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardUndergraduate Researcher2013Cambridge, Massachusetts
Changing Places, MIT Media LabMobile Application Developer2012 — 2013Cambridge, Massachusetts
McCammon Lab, Univsersity of California San DiegoUndergraduate Researcher2012San Diego, California
Tezcan Lab, University of California San DiegoUndergraduate Researcher2011 — 2012San Diego California
Self-employediOS App Developer2008 — 2012

Skills & more

Data Analysis2Programming3Machine Learning2Cyber-security2Python12Microsoft Office2Java11Matlab10Microsoft Excel1PowerPoint2Microsoft Word2HTML

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Zara Perumal?: Zara studied artificial intelligence and cybersecurity at MIT, focusing on active learning for malware detection and post-election audit systems. She previously worked at Google on the Assistant team and later at Google's Threat Analysis Group, where she developed machine learning systems for threat intelligence and malware analysis.
Where does Zara Perumal work?: Zara Perumal is Founder of Overwatch.
What companies did Zara Perumal found?: Zara Perumal founded Overwatch.
Where did Zara Perumal go to school?: Zara Perumal studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master's, Artificial Intelligence); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).