Founder Story: Isaac Saldana of SendGrid
For Isaac Saldana, email wasn't just a communication tool—it was a puzzle to be solved. With a background in engineering and a personal obsession with email deliverability, he turned frustration into innovation. As the co-founder of SendGrid, Saldana revolutionized cloud-based transactional emails, scaling the company to billions of emails sent monthly before leading it to a $3 billion acquisition by Twilio in 2019. This is the story of a mission-driven founder who bridged technical ingenuity with business acumen to rewrite the rules of modern communication.