# Anurag Goel

> Anurag Goel is the founder and CEO of Render, a cloud application platform. Previously Stripe’s eighth employee and head of risk, he explored new ideas at South Park Commons and built Crestle before developing Render. His public accounts emphasize developer experience, patient product development, and the transition from hands-on engineer to company leader.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Render
- **Organizations:** Render, Stripe, Crestle, South Park Commons
- **Education:** Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- **Known for:** Helped launch Stripe in 2011 and later led its financial risk engineering and operations team., Created Crestle, acquired by doc.ai in 2018., Founded Render, winner of the 2019 TechCrunch Startup Battlefield.

## Career timeline

- **2011-07** — Joined Stripe as its eighth employee, initially as an engineer.
- **2016-02** — Left Stripe after roles spanning engineering, growth, and financial risk; explored new projects at South Park Commons.
- **2016-2018** — Built Crestle, a service offering GPU-backed Jupyter notebooks; acquired by doc.ai in 2018.
- **2017-07** — Began working on the initial Render prototype, according to his 2019 interview.
- **2018** — Render entered invite-only access; Goel dates the company’s start to 2018 in his 2026 Kubelist interview.
- **2019-04** — Opened Render signups to the public.
- **2019-10** — Render won TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield.
- **2021-11** — Announced Render’s $20 million Series A.
- **2023-06** — Announced Render’s $50 million Series B.
- **2025-01** — Announced an $80 million Series C and more than two million developers.
- **2026-02** — Announced a $100 million Series C extension at a $1.5 billion company valuation.
- **2026-06** — Delivered the opening keynote at Render’s first user conference, localhost, in San Francisco.

## Achievements

- Helped launch Stripe in 2011 and later led its financial risk engineering and operations team.
- Created Crestle, acquired by doc.ai in 2018.
- Founded Render, winner of the 2019 TechCrunch Startup Battlefield.
- Led Render to a reported $1.5 billion valuation in February 2026; the company reported more than 4.5 million developers at that date.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Opened Render’s first user conference, localhost, on June 18 in San Francisco.
- **2026-06** — Discussed Render’s infrastructure, AI agents, and his early career on The Kubelist Podcast, published June 9.
- **2026-02** — Announced a $100 million Series C extension led by Georgian, a $1.5 billion valuation, and more than 4.5 million developers.

## Links

- Website: https://render.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuragoel/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/anuraggoel
- GitHub: https://github.com/anurag

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Last updated: 2026-10-20