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Esper

Esper was founded by Joe Lonsdale, Lilli Oetting, Maleka Momand, Shiv Sundar and Yadhu Gopalan. It is a Developer Tools company.

Private Developer Tools
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Esper founders & co-founders

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J
Joe Lonsdale
Co-founder
 L
Lilli Oetting
Co-founder
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Maleka Momand
Co-founder
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Shiv Sundar
Co-founder
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Yadhu Gopalan
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

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The companies and labs that produced Esper’s founders.

PayPal Palantir Addepar OpenGov

What happened to Esper’s founders and alumni

13 companies

People who worked at or founded Esper and went on to start their own companies.

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Palantir 2003 Palantir Technologies 2003 Addepar 2009 Formation 8 2011 OpenGov 2012 8VC 2015 Cicero Institute 2016 Terminal 2017 Erebor 2025 Epirus Hearth Anduin Opto

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