United StatesAnand Agarawala
Created BumpTop, a physics-based 3D desktop interface, as his thesis at the University of Toronto. The project drew wide acclaim and was acquired by Google in 2010, where he stayed for several years. He later co-founded Spatial with Jinha Lee, extending spatial-computing principles to AR/VR collaboration and persistent shared 3D rooms for distributed teams. His career traces a consistent arc — from reimagining the desktop as a tactile, physical space to building the infrastructure for how teams gather and work in spatial environments. The company raised a $14M Series A in 2024 to scale those persistent spaces.
