# Brian Vallelunga

> Brian Vallelunga is the Austin-based founder and chairman of Doppler, the developer-focused secrets management company he led as CEO until 2025, and founder and CEO of Vantheon, an applied AI research lab. Previously an engineering lead at Uber, he built Doppler after encountering credential-management problems in a failed marketplace project. Doppler joined Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 batch and announced a $20 million Series A led by CRV in 2022.

- **Role:** Founder & Chairman at Doppler; Founder & CEO at Vantheon
- **Organizations:** Doppler, Vantheon, Uber, Soma Capital, Miza, Laborate, Juicy, Burl Apps
- **Education:** Computer Science studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, Strategy and Leadership certificates, Harvard Business School Online, Winter 2019 accelerator program, Y Combinator, High school, Da Vinci Science
- **Known for:** Selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 in Enterprise Technology., Built Doppler, which joined Y Combinator Winter 2019., Led Doppler through its $20 million Series A announced in April 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2012-2014** — Founded Laborate.
- **2017** — UC Santa Cruz identified him as a computer science student and Miza co-founder and CTO; selected for a UC entrepreneur lunch.
- **2017-2018** — Worked in software engineering at Uber, including as an engineering lead.
- **2018** — Founded Doppler after confronting secrets-management problems in a personal project.
- **2019** — Doppler participated in Y Combinator Winter 2019.
- **2020** — Began serving as a technical advisor to Soma Capital; selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 class of 2021.
- **2022** — Doppler announced a $20 million Series A led by CRV.
- **2023** — Marked Doppler’s fifth anniversary, reporting over 11 billion secrets served monthly.
- **2025** — Transitioned from Doppler CEO to chairman as Amber Britton became CEO; founded Vantheon.

## Achievements

- Selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 in Enterprise Technology.
- Built Doppler, which joined Y Combinator Winter 2019.
- Led Doppler through its $20 million Series A announced in April 2022.
- Selected among 19 UC entrepreneurs invited to a venture-capital lunch in 2017; the university described selection as random from campaign participants.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Amber Britton announced her first week as Doppler CEO; Vallelunga confirmed his transition to chairman.
- **2026-10** — Research snapshot: his public LinkedIn profile identifies Vantheon and Austin; Vantheon describes itself as an applied AI lab studying investing across economic classes. This is an observation date, not a launch date.
- **2026-10** — Research snapshot: Doppler’s about page lists Amber Britton as CEO and reports over 75 billion secrets read monthly. The metric is company-reported and not independently audited.

## Links

- Website: https://vantheon.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vallelungabrian/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/vallelungabrian
- GitHub: https://github.com/bvallelunga

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Last updated: 2026-10-22