TCHOUPANI.COM · MONTREAL / SF · 2026

Arach Tchoupani.
Serial builder.

  • 3×Startup executive
  • 0→50+Engineering leader
  • ExitFounder

Three-time startup CTO and VP of Engineering. Co-founder of Breathe Life, acquired by Zinnia. Engineering leadership at Meta. Lately I've been building open-source agent infrastructure, and now I'm shifting gears to build the next venture. This is the index. The work lives at arach.dev, and the thinking lives at arach.io.

FIG.01 ARACH TCHOUPANI
SERIAL BUILDER, EX-META
( 01 ) CAREER

Engineering Leadership, FB Creators

2022–2023

Co-Founder & CTO Acquired by Zinnia

2018–2021

Senior Consultant & Architect, Global E-Commerce

2019–2020

VP of Engineering

2016–2017

Founding CTO

2014–2016

( 02 ) NOW

Shifting gears. After a stretch of building open-source software for agents, I'm starting on the next venture.

( 03 ) SELECTED WORK
( 04 ) WRITING
  1. 2026.09The license to flattenUber cut 20% of managers to fund robotaxis. AI moved the budget from humans to data centres. The shortage comes later.ESSAY
  2. 2025.07The return of personal leverageAI didn't democratize coding for beginners. It handed seasoned technical leaders their biggest leverage in decades.ESSAY
( 05 ) ELSEWHERE