# Varun Srinivasan

> Varun Srinivasan is a co-founder of Farcaster, the decentralized social network protocol built on Ethereum, and currently works at Tempo, Stripe's stablecoin-focused blockchain. Previously, he spent over four years at Coinbase rising to Senior Director of Platform, and co-founded SoundFocus, a Y Combinator-backed mobile audio startup. A Carnegie Mellon graduate and prolific reader, Srinivasan has spent his career building platforms that give users control over their data and identity.

- **Role:** Co-founder at Farcaster (acquired); now at Tempo
- **Organizations:** Farcaster, Tempo, Coinbase, SoundFocus, Microsoft, Merkle Manufactory
- **Education:** B.S. Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Farcaster, a leading decentralized social protocol on Ethereum, Led platform engineering and product teams at Coinbase as Senior Director, Y Combinator fellow in 2013

## Career timeline

- **2006-2010** — Studied Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University
- **2010-2013** — Product Manager for Microsoft OneNote
- **2013** — Accepted into Y Combinator as a fellow
- **2013-2015** — Co-founded SoundFocus, a mobile audio products startup
- **2015-2019** — Joined Coinbase as Software Engineer, rose to Senior Director of Platform
- **2020** — Co-founded Farcaster with Dan Romero
- **2024-01** — Farcaster Frames launched, causing a major surge in daily active users
- **2026-01** — Farcaster acquired by Neynar; Romero announced returning $180M to investors
- **2026-02** — Joined Tempo, Stripe's stablecoin-focused blockchain

## Achievements

- Co-founded Farcaster, a leading decentralized social protocol on Ethereum
- Led platform engineering and product teams at Coinbase as Senior Director
- Y Combinator fellow in 2013
- Co-founded SoundFocus, a mobile audio products company
- Helped build Farcaster Frames, which caused a massive DAU surge in January 2024
- Part of the team that raised $180 million for Farcaster
- Now helping build Tempo, a stablecoin-focused blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Joined Tempo, Stripe's stablecoin blockchain, alongside co-founder Dan Romero and former Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist
- **2026-01** — Farcaster acquired by Neynar; Romero announced returning $180M to investors
- **2024-01** — Farcaster Frames launched, turning social posts into interactive mini-apps and causing a DAU surge

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/varun-srinivasan-136316243/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/varunsrin
- GitHub: https://github.com/varunsrin

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Last updated: 2026-04-30