Summary
Siddharth Venu is a security-focused software leader and founder, currently guiding Hyperbound as founding engineer and Head of Security, building an AI-driven sales roleplay and upskilling platform from Chennai, India. He previously co-founded BharatX, where he built credit-scoring algorithms, an SDK ecosystem for One-Tap Pay, and a Pay-in-3 backend, all hosted on scalable AWS infrastructure to support rapid user growth. Earlier, he was the founding engineer at Bloom, a fintech education startup helping people learn to invest, driven by a hands-on approach to turning ambiguous requirements into shippable product. With 9 years of experience spanning startups and fintech, he has demonstrated the ability to deliver end-to-end systems and lead security-first engineering at scale. He has contributed to open source and mentorship programs, including Google Summer of Code mentoring and AnitaB.org advocacy, reflecting a commitment to community and developer ecosystems, and his GitHub bio humorously claims Anime and software go hand in hand.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
W22, W22 at Y Combinator
School, Computer Science, School, Computer Science at The Hindu Senior Secondary School
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
English, Tamil