10 Uber alumni who founded companies
Each of these Uber alumni who founded companies worked at Uber in product, engineering, operations or general management and now leads the company they started. A reader can learn how people who worked at Uber went on to build companies, from the founders themselves.
Professionals to explore
Ali Kashani
LinkedInExperience: Co-founder & CEO · Serve Robotics
Ali Kashani was Head of Serve Robotics at Uber from 2020 to 2021, and has been Co-founder & CEO of Serve Robotics since 2021.
Anurag Agarwalla
LinkedInExperience: Founder · hpy
Anurag Agarwalla was Head of Equity Engineering at Uber from 2022 to 2023, and has been Founder of hpy since 2023. The profile headline describes hpy as building modular A.I. systems for behavioral health.
Ashwin Dias
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder & CEO · Presto
Ashwin Dias was Global Head of Vehicles & Electrification at Uber from 2019 to 2022, and has been Co-Founder & CEO of Presto since 2022.
David Reich
LinkedInExperience: Founder & CEO · Fambot
David Reich was Director, Head of Transit at Uber from 2018 to 2021, and has been Founder & CEO of Fambot since 2024. The profile headline describes Fambot as a proactive AI assistant for families.
Eric Wimer
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder & CEO · Sway
Eric Wimer was General Manager - Las Vegas at Uber from 2016 to 2017, and has been Co-Founder & CEO of Sway since 2020.
Mike Shebat
LinkedInExperience: CEO & Co-Founder · Traba
Mike Shebat was Product at Uber from 2020 to 2021, and has been CEO & Co-Founder of Traba since 2021.
Ofek Lavian
LinkedInExperience: Co-founder & CEO · Forage
Ofek Lavian was Product Manager, Payments at Uber from 2016 to 2019, and has been Co-founder & CEO of Forage since 2021.
Paul Singer
LinkedInExperience: Cofounder / CEO · FleetWorks
Paul Singer was Product Manager, Uber Freight at Uber from 2020 to 2022, and has been Cofounder / CEO of FleetWorks since 2022.
Sanjeev Kumar
LinkedInExperience: Founder & CEO · Occamize AI
Sanjeev Kumar was Senior Director Of Engineering at Uber from 2016 to 2023, and has been Founder & CEO of Occamize AI since 2025.
Zlatan Menkovic
LinkedInExperience: CEO & Co-Founder · Scaler
Zlatan Menkovic was Product Lead at Uber Freight at Uber from 2018 to 2020, and has been CEO & Co-Founder of Scaler since 2021.
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Match the person's role at Uber, such as running a city, leading a product line or managing engineering teams, to the part of the path from employee to founder you want to understand. Check when each company was started to judge how recent the person's experience of the early stage is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which lessons from your work at Uber carried over when you started your own company?
- 02How did you choose the problem your company would work on?
- 03What did running your own company demand that your Uber role had not prepared you for?
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