# Dev Nag

> Dev Nag is the founder and CEO of QueryPal, a San Francisco AI company rebuilding the economics of customer support with agentic automation. A serial founder with deep machine-learning roots, he earlier created Wavefront, the real-time cloud monitoring platform acquired by VMware in 2017, where he went on to launch VMware's flagship AIOps product. He also founded the observability startup CtrlStack, backed by Sequoia Capital and Engineering Capital. Before founding companies he was an engineer at Google, PayPal, and eBay and the founding engineer at securities-trading platform GLMX. Stanford-trained in both mathematics and psychology, he holds more than a dozen AI and security patents and authored one of the most widely read beginner tutorials in deep learning, 'GANs in 50 lines of code.'

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at QueryPal
- **Organizations:** QueryPal, CtrlStack, Wavefront, VMware, Google, PayPal, eBay, GLMX
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Dual degrees in Mathematics and Psychology, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founded Wavefront, acquired by VMware in 2017, Launched VMware's flagship AIOps product, Raised $5.2M seed for CtrlStack co-led by Sequoia Capital and Engineering Capital

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Engineer at eBay, PayPal, and Google
- **—** — Founding engineer at GLMX, an electronic securities trading platform for money markets
- **—** — Founded Wavefront as Founder and CTO, a real-time cloud monitoring and analytics company
- **2017** — Wavefront acquired by VMware; Nag joins VMware's Office of the CTO and launches its flagship AIOps product
- **2020** — Founded CtrlStack, a DevOps observability startup, partnering with Sequoia Capital
- **2022** — CtrlStack emerges from stealth with $5.2M seed co-led by Sequoia Capital and Engineering Capital
- **Present** — Founder & CEO of QueryPal, building AI agents for customer support

## Achievements

- Founded Wavefront, acquired by VMware in 2017
- Launched VMware's flagship AIOps product
- Raised $5.2M seed for CtrlStack co-led by Sequoia Capital and Engineering Capital
- Holds more than a dozen patents in AI/ML and security
- Published academic papers in medical informatics and mathematical biology
- Authored 'GANs in 50 lines of code (PyTorch),' a widely cited deep-learning tutorial
- Mentors startups across AI, technology, and biotech

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Promoting QueryPal's claim of cutting up to 60% of support cost, sharing customer support and product design content on LinkedIn.
- **2022-12** — CtrlStack emerged from stealth with $5.2M seed funding co-led by Sequoia Capital and Engineering Capital.

## Links

- Website: https://querypal.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devnag
- GitHub: https://github.com/devnag

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