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Ananya Delaney reposted thisAnanya Delaney reposted thisI’m proud to announce that Baselayer raised a $35M Series A to give AI Agents something no company ever has (not even Anthropic)... an Identity. Companies are racing to give AI more access and more intelligence. Yet no one has given AI an identity. People are trying to use their AI agents to purchase things, but Agents have no reputation or history, and businesses do not know who they are when they try to buy something. If an Agent goes to Amazon with your credit card, how does Amazon know it’s your agent and not a scammer with your credit card? Right now, the world faces two choices: let agents make unauthorized purchases, or block all agents. Baselayer creates the third option: allow agents to make purchases, but in a safe and verifiable way. We’re launching our Agentic Identity suite with three new products: - Know Your Agent (KYA) tells you who's arrived and who authorized the agent. - Counterparty Verification lets your agent know which parties it's dealing with so it doesn't get tricked or prompt-injected. - Trusted Registry is the index of verified agents and agent-ready businesses. We also have an MCP that builders can use to integrate our services directly into the agentic products they're building. Endless gratitude to our investors in the round, led by M13. Picus Capital, Torch Capital, Afore Capital, Koro Capital, sequel, and other amazing investors also participated. A huge thanks to my Co-Founder Timothy Hyde and our team of 50+ who have had the drive and intensity to get us here. Book a demo or tell us what you're having your agents do in the comments
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Ananya Delaney reposted thisAnanya Delaney reposted thisBanks have stopped billions in fraud by joining fraud consortiums. Until recently, non-bank lenders and FIs were left out. Repeat fraudsters knew this and targeted non-bank FIs at a much higher rate as a result. Nothing stops a fraudster caught at one institution from moving on to the next. Two years ago, Baselayer built the Fraud Consortium to expand protections to the whole industry. Anonymized fraud data reported by one member now becomes a warning for the rest of the community. Today it's the largest B2B fraud consortium in the US, with over 1.2 million member-reported records and more than $1 billion in fraud losses prevented to date. Comment "consortium" below or send us a DM and we'll send you our guide on how to join today.
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Ananya Delaney shared thisForward Deployed Engineer is the most hyped title in tech right now... and I think it's just my job with a better name. 🤷♀️ My title is Solutions Engineer. Palantir first introduced the FDE role, and the “distinction” I hear is that Solutions Engineers sit pre-sales and write lighter code, while FDEs sit post-sales and write heavier code. Some companies run both roles at once. In practice both jobs are designing a solution to fit a customer's problem, whether that customer is a prospect or an existing client. When someone asks me what either title means, my go-to explanation is the same: someone technical enough to talk to Product/Engineering to understand the problem, but commercial-minded enough that a sales team won’t be embarrassed to put them in front of clients. It's a jack of all trades, master of none kind of role. You end up here because you never wanted a pure technical role or a sales job. Maybe this is the consulting boom all over again. Back then every company decided it needed people who think like consultants, and the FDE wave feels the same, to the point where some people call FDEs glorified, high paid consultants 👀 . I also genuinely don't know how much engineering the average FDE does anymore, especially now that tools like Claude are doing more of the building. So I want to hear it from people actually in these seats: What does an FDE in your company do? How distinct is it from solutions? If you cannoli pick one... what should I call myself?
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Ananya Delaney shared thisI turn 31 today. And for anyone who knows me: yes, this is a LinkedIn post, and yes, I'm going to start writing them… Anyway, turning 30 came with a whole list of things I was supposed to have done by then. This year there's NONE of that, and honestly, it feels great. I have an amazing husband, a loving family, wonderful friends, the best dog, and a job where I'm learning a ton. So I decided I’m not putting deadlines on anything this decade. Work took a while to feel that way. My whole twenties, I heard the same line over and over: you're really smart for where you're at in your career, but you need more years of experience. I never understood that because I can't help that I was born in 1995. I brought it up when I Interviewed at Baselayer. I just wanted to be surrounded by driven and smart people regardless of age. Here, my manager is younger than me, and he should be, because he knows way more than I do. I learn Figma from my Gen Z teammate who’s patient about how little I know and always hits me with the “slay” when I do something right. And no one has asked me once how many years of experience I have or what I want to be when I grow up. So that's 31. No list this time, and I'm good with that. And the icing on the cake? There was actual cake.
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Ananya Delaney reposted thisAnanya Delaney reposted thisSix months ago, I packed up my life in Cape Town and moved across the world because I knew we were approaching a generational economic re-platforming. Today, I'm joining Baselayer as GM of the Agentic Economy. Agents have already eclipsed humans for web traffic. Commerce is next, and Baselayer is leading the charge on identity and risk infrastructure for machine-mediated transactions. More than 20% of financial institutions in America already use Baselayer to onboard, underwrite, and enable businesses to transact. As agents increasingly represent businesses on the internet, they need a new trust layer that determines who gets access. When I met Jonathan and Tim, it was obvious we were meant to build a business together. I’m excited to join their leadership team and build a new division in SF focused on the economy that’s coming. We recently raised an epic round (more soon) and are growing our team rapidly. If you’re excited to be at the forefront of how agents interact with the world, come join our team! Jonathan Awad Timothy Hyde Eric Woodward Karl Alomar Mark Grace Himal Makwana Mike Falb
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Ananya Delaney shared thisNew chapter unlocked. 🔓 After nearly 10 years in healthcare tech, I've learned one thing about myself: I need to believe in what I'm building. So when I decided it was time to switch things up, I wasn't going to settle for just any next step - I wanted something that actually got me excited to open my laptop in the morning. Drum roll please - I am beyond excited to share that I've joined Baselayer as a Solutions Engineer! Not only do I get to nerd out on technical problems, I see real impact for customers every single day. Curious about what we're up to? Let's connect. Here's to what's ahead! 🚀
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Ananya Delaney reposted thisAnanya Delaney reposted thisWe can't hire fast enough. Baselayer is growing, the team is firing on all cylinders, and we need more exceptional people to keep the pace. We're looking for sharp, hungry executers who raise the bar and want to build something major with us. Open roles ↓ (see graphic) Know someone exceptional? Refer them. If we hire them, you get a referral bonus. Tag someone we should meet.
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Ananya Delaney reposted thisAnanya Delaney reposted thisBaselayer‘s website got nominated for a Webby (aka the Grammys for websites)! We didn't even exist 3 years ago, and now we are going toe-to-toe with TurboTax for the best website in financial services AI (??) Shoutout to our GOAT designer Allison Tsai on all of her help building a website I'm genuinely super proud of and love sharing with others What else can Baselayer accomplish? Excited to find out Timothy Hyde Juan Escrig Martínez de Salinas Eric Woodward Kevin Moss Hanna Judson
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Ananya Delaney reposted thisAnanya Delaney reposted thisWhat do Mastercard, US Bank, Stripe, and JP Morgan all have in common? They were all in the room at our #NYFTW event last week talking agentic commerce. 900+ RSVPS. Hundreds of the brightest leaders in finance and technology in one room. These are some of the questions we caught folks discussing: • Who is verifying that the agent actually belongs to the business it’s trying to purchase supplies for? • If your fraud model can't tell whether a human or an agent placed the order, whose liability is it when it goes wrong? • Your underwriting criteria were built around intent signals from humans, so what happens when the buyer has no intent, only instructions? To our co-hosts Taktile, Fundbox, and Fintech NerdCon - thanks for helping us execute this fantastic event. To our guests - a huge thank you for coming out. At Baselayer, we love creating spaces for industry leaders to connect on real topics. Comment below to snag an invite to the next one. 👀 Juan Escrig Martínez de Salinas Stephanie Barron Allison Tsai Frank Ebanks Shaurya Kabra Sean O'Toole Scott Ernenwein Leander Eberhard Sunita H. Alastair Ojeda Tanvi Lal Cole Gottlieb Peter Sweeney Hanna Judson Rachel Verrill Joy Schwartz Nicole Guliyeva Monica Morales Michael LaSala Alan Banuchi Nicholas Clarke Maxim Spivakovsky Anya Angarsky Mitul Parmar Jonathan Awad Sruli Anatian Sophie Vo Ananya Delaney Jay Tabaniag Stephanie Ruiz
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Ananya Delaney reacted on thisAnanya Delaney reacted on thisA little over a year ago I had a decision to make: Go back to corporate, or roll the dice on a startup called Baselayer Jonathan Awad, and everyone I spoke to about working for him, made three promises: you'll work harder than you ever have before, you will learn a lot, and you'll meet more people in a year than you thought possible. ✅ ✅ ✅ This week we announced a $35M Series A led by M13 and launched Know Your Agent (KYA) products. For three years the question weve answered is can I trust this business? Now it's can I trust this AI agent, who does it work for, and what is it allowed to do? Nothing but gratitude for all the people who helped us reach this milestone - and especially Jonathan Awad & Timothy Hyde for the opportunity. LFGBL
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Ananya Delaney reacted on thisAnanya Delaney reacted on thisGod is not a God of coincidences. What began as a college dining hall run-in 13 years ago has led to us dressing alike unintentionally. To know Marquise Lane is to know inspiration and hard work. My son saw our photo and said, “You’re taller, Dad.” I said, “Yes, but he’s way stronger.” You’re the man, Marquise.
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Ananya Delaney liked thisAnanya Delaney liked thisThe agents are coming. This time they brought cake. Last week, we hand delivered 150 cakes to the companies in San Francisco defining agentic commerce. Some of my favourite moments from the day: > Giving Josh Wadinski the fright of his life outside his apartment (secret agents are scary, we get it). > An impromptu white-boarding session with Pavan HS that could have lasted hours. > Seeing the brand new Exa office and finally getting a picture with the iconic GOAT David Nogueira Vazquez Teo Gonzalez. > Visiting the Basis Theory frat house and spending time with the original token-maxxers Colin Luce James Armstead. Turns out the best way to meet the people building the future is to show up with sugar. Who should have been on the list that didn't get a cake from us?
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Ananya Delaney liked thisAnanya Delaney liked thisExcited to be heading back to #Money2020USA ! Looking forward to connecting with clients, partners, and innovators who are shaping the future of fintech and payments. If you'll be there too, let's connect! Money20/20
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Ananya Delaney liked thisAnanya Delaney liked thisBaselayer raised a $35 million Series A led by M13, with Picus Capital, Torch Capital, Afore Capital, Koro Capital, Sequel and others participating, bringing its team to more than 50. CEO and co-founder Jonathan Awad said the company will use the funding to expand its Agentic Identity suite, including Know Your Agent (KYA), Counterparty Verification and a Trusted Registry designed to help businesses safely verify AI agents and their counterparties. FOUNDERS: Jonathan Awad & Timothy Hyde INVESTORS: M13, Picus Capital, Torch Capital, Afore Capital, Koro Capital & Sequel ROUND: Series A AMOUNT: $35,000,000 HQ: New York, New York #VentureCapital #Baselayer #JonathanAwad #TimothyHyde #TradedVC
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Ananya Delaney liked thisAnanya Delaney liked thisI've had a lot of sessions - inside and outside of the gym - with Jonathan Awad on how to raise the bar: on standards, revenue, leadership and life. I'm proud of him and his entire team at Baselayer for the $35M Series A they raised and announced today. Keep pushing the bar higher and remember to always seek broader shoulders instead of a lighter load. 💪
Experience & Education
Volunteer Experience
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Teaching Assistant
Neuroscience Pipeline at University of Pennsylvania
- 3 years 1 month
Science and Technology
Teaching underprivileged children at local West Philadelphia High Schools the basics of neuroscience to promote science awareness.
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Volunteer
Engineers Without Borders University of Pennsylvania Chapter
- Present 10 years 6 months
Science and Technology
Engineers Without Borders aims to bring sustainable development to different regions of the world. During May 2016, the EWB Chapter at the University of Pennsylvania traveled to Tzununa, Guatemala to carry out the implementation of pour flush latrines and simultaneous health and education programs to raise awareness about sanitation. The chapter worked hand in hand with local masons and community development organizations to bring about a positive and sustainable change.
Courses
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Biomaterials
BE 220
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Calculus III
MATH 240
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Calculus IV
MATH 241
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Corporate FInance
FNCE 100
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Corporate Responsibility and Ethics
LGST 210
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Engineering Applications of Statistics
ESE 302
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Introduction to Biomechanics
BE 200
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Introduction to Healthcare Management
HCMG 101
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Introduction to Marketing
MKTG 101
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Introduction to Scientific Computing
ENGR 105
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Management of Technology
MGMT 237
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Managerial Economics
BEPP 250
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Monetary Econ. and Global Economics
FNCE 101 H
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Physical Chemistry for Bioengineering
BE 324
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Principles of Accounting
ACCT 101
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Probability
STAT 430
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Signals and Systems for Bioengineering
BE 301
Honors & Awards
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Graduation Diploma
Tala Shruti School of Dance
This diploma certifies the completion of a Bharatnatyam Arangetram in Bharatnatyam Dance Training
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3rd Place Microbiology
Intel ISEF
3rd Place in Microbiology at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Test Scores
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SAT
Score: 2340
800 Writing
790 Critical Reading
750 Mathematics
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Tamil
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Limited working proficiency
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Sign Languages
Elementary proficiency
Organizations
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Pipeline Program at the University of Pennsylvania
Neuroscience Pipeline Undergraduate Coordinator, Executive Program Associate
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Tala Sruti School of Dance Alumni Board
VP of Event Management
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Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology Student Board
VP of Social
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