​Come by for Office Hours at the Leslie eLab and get help with your most pressing startup questions from Innovation Ambassador, Dario Anaya.

​Office Hours are for current NYU Students Only.

​Dario Anaya (Gallatin ‘26)

​Dario is the Founder of Pupil is an identity-driven college guidance platform that helps high school students explore colleges and careers with relatable near-peer mentors. By blending AI with live mentorship, it goes beyond test scores to focus on community fit, identity, and early exposure. Families often lack authentic, experience-based guidance, and Pupil fills that gap with its mentors and proprietary AI tool, MentorGPT.

​Dario has experience at L’ATTITUDE Ventures ($100M+ fund) and Lightbank ($700M AUM), where he reported directly to Managing Partners. He has analyzed funding for tech startups at MIT Sloan and has been recognized on top Latinx founder lists. Dario frequently speaks at major universities on startups, EdTech, and capital allocation, and has served as a judge for Google for Startups.

​Dario participated in Summer Launchpad '25.