# Sanjay Dastoor

> Sanjay Dastoor is a San Francisco-based engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Boosted with John Ulmen and Matthew Tran, and later co-founded the shared-scooter company Skip with Tran and Mike Wadhera. His public work spans robotics, lightweight electric vehicles, hardware manufacturing and cooperation with city transportation agencies.

- **Role:** Engineer and entrepreneur
- **Organizations:** Boosted, Skip, Stanford University, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, SRI International, Y Combinator, StartX
- **Education:** BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, MS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Doctoral study in Mechanical Engineering; left to pursue Boosted, no completed PhD verified, Stanford University, Startup accelerator, Boosted (S12) and Skip (W18), Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Co-founded Boosted and helped bring electric longboards from a Stanford side project to a commercial product., Co-founded Skip and served as its CEO during its shared-scooter operations., Presented at TED2013 with Boosted co-founders John Ulmen and Matthew Tran.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Awarded a Stanford Bio-X Bowes graduate fellowship.
- **2011** — Began working on the electric-longboard side project with John Ulmen and Matthew Tran that became Boosted.
- **2012** — Boosted joined Y Combinator’s summer batch and launched a Kickstarter campaign.
- **2013** — Presented Boosted with Ulmen and Tran at TED2013.
- **2017** — Left Boosted’s CEO role and co-founded Skip with Matt Tran and Mike Wadhera.
- **2018** — Skip participated in YC W18; selected with Scoot for San Francisco’s scooter pilot.
- **2019** — Skip announced its modular S3 scooter; did not receive a new San Francisco operating permit.
- **2021** — Helbiz began leasing Skip’s Washington, D.C. license and app rights in January; Skip Transport filed for Chapter 7 in August.
- **2022** — Discussed both companies and early exploration of another hardware project in an Atoms and Bits interview.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Boosted and helped bring electric longboards from a Stanford side project to a commercial product.
- Co-founded Skip and served as its CEO during its shared-scooter operations.
- Presented at TED2013 with Boosted co-founders John Ulmen and Matthew Tran.
- Received a Stanford Bio-X Bowes Fellowship in 2006.
- Participated in Y Combinator with two companies, in 2012 and 2018.

## Latest updates

- **2022-06** — In an Atoms and Bits interview published June 9, discussed manufacturing, business models and exploration of another hardware project. This is the latest substantive dated personal update verified in this research.
- **2021-08** — Skip Transport filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy; this is a company event, not a personal bankruptcy.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dastoor
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sanjaydastoor
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sanjay.dastoor

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