10 Dropbox alumni who founded companies
These Dropbox alumni who founded companies worked at Dropbox as engineers, product leaders, analytics and strategy leads before each one started the company they now run. A reader can learn how people who worked at Dropbox went on to build companies, from the founders themselves.
Professionals to explore
Abhishek Agrawal
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder & CEO · Material Security
Abhishek Agrawal was Senior Product Manager at Dropbox from 2013 to 2017, and has been Co-Founder & CEO of Material Security since 2023, after serving as Co-Founder & CTO of Material Security from 2017 to 2023.
Andrew Yates
LinkedInExperience: Founder · ALab
Andrew Yates was Director of AI Labs at Dropbox from 2025 to 2026, and has been Founder of ALab since 2026.
Anton Krutiansky
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder, Software Engineer · AtlasGrid AI
Anton Krutiansky was Software Engineer at Dropbox from 2014 to 2025, and has been Co-Founder, Software Engineer of AtlasGrid AI since 2025.
Aron Solberg
LinkedInExperience: Co-founder & CEO · Risotto
Aron Solberg was Director of Product Management at Dropbox from 2021 to 2022, and has been Co-founder & CEO of Risotto since 2024.
Jacqueline Murphy
LinkedInExperience: Founder · ONE
Jacqueline Murphy was Software Engineer at Dropbox from 2017 to 2019, and has been Founder of ONE since 2019.
James Cowling
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder / CTO · Convex
James Cowling was Senior Principal Engineer at Dropbox from 2012 to 2020, and has been Co-Founder / CTO of Convex since 2020.
Jessica McKellar
LinkedInExperience: Founder and CEO · Pilot
Jessica McKellar was Director of Engineering at Dropbox from 2014 to 2017, and has been Founder and CEO of Pilot since 2024, after serving as Founder and CTO of Pilot from 2017 to 2024.
Matthew Blackshaw
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder and Co-CEO · Frond
Matthew Blackshaw was Group Product Manager at Dropbox from 2013 to 2017, and has been Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Frond since 2020.
Ryan Noon
LinkedInExperience: Cofounder and Chairman · Material Security
Ryan Noon was Head of Analytics at Dropbox from 2014 to 2016, and has been Cofounder and Chairman of Material Security since 2017.
Sudha Foote
LinkedInExperience: Founder & CEO · Hansel.ai
Sudha Foote was VP, Strategy and Business Operations at Dropbox from 2022 to 2023, and has been Founder & CEO of Hansel.ai since 2024.
Choose the right perspective
Pick someone whose job at Dropbox resembles the role you hold now, since their account of leaving it will be closest to your own situation. Compare founding years to choose between a very recent start and a company that has been running for several years.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which habits from Dropbox did you keep when you set up your own company, and which did you drop?
- 02How did you test the idea before you committed to it full time?
- 03What was the hardest part of your first year as a founder?
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