2x founder

Kunal Puri

Member of Deployment Staff @ The OpenAI Deployment Company

Founder

Smobi· Summer 2023 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @thekunalpuri

2026Founder· Hanover Park

Founder · since 2023

Company

Hanover Park

Role

Founding Product Lead

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

New York, New York, United States

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Smobi

Send texts your customers actually want over RCS

Summer 2023

Experience

Career

The OpenAI Deployment Company
Member of Deployment Staff · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2026 – Present
2026
Hanover Park
Founder
Founding Product Lead · New York, New York, United States · 2026
2026
Smobi (YC S23)
Founder
Founder · New York, New York, United States · 2023 – 2025
2023
NYSHEX
Senior Software Engineer · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2022 – 2023
2022
Amazon
Software Development Engineer I · New York City Metropolitan Area · 2020 – 2022
2020
Capital One
Software Engineering Intern · McLean, VA · 2019
2019
Booz Allen Hamilton
Software Engineering Intern · Mclean, Virginia · 2018
2018
Unisys
Information Assurance / Security Specialist · Kingstowne, VA · 2015 – 2017
2015

Bio

I spent 4 years building out communication systems for Amazon Advertising, and got my first taste of entrepreneurship when I created a Minecraft server that generated over 250K at the age of 15. Now I'm building Smobi - the AI-powered platform for branded, interactive business messaging, starting with RCS. We help businesses send rich, personalized messages that drive engagement, build trust, and create real conversations.