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  "markdown": "Co-founder and COO, Self Labs.\n\nBirju Shah is chief operating officer of Self Labs, which lists him among its co-founders, and joined in April 2026 when Self bought Loam, the agentic-workflow company he founded in 2022. He was earlier Uber's head of AI and is a professor of product and AI at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.\n\n## What Birju builds\n\n- [Agent Vault by Self](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/self-agent-vault.md), graded D, 52.6/100, in Agent wallets \u0026 spending controls. Agent Vault from Self Labs lets an AI agent check out and sign in with mock tokens. Its proxied browser types the real card number or password at the fill. Agents connect by MCP, a Playwright SDK or HTTP. Co-founder and COO, Self Labs, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Eric Nakagawa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-nakagawa/), Co-founder, Open Source, Self Labs\n- [Florent Tavernier](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/florent-tavernier/), Co-founder and Researcher, Self Labs\n- [Marek Olszewski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/marek-olszewski/), Co-founder and CTO, Self Labs\n- [Rémi Colin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/remi-colin/), Co-founder and VP Engineering, Self Labs\n- [Rene Reinsberg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rene-reinsberg/), Co-founder and CEO, Self Labs\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Greenfield Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greenfield-capital/)\n- [Startup Capital Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/startup-capital-ventures/)\n- [Spearhead VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/spearhead-vc/)\n- [Verda Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/verda-ventures/)\n- [Fireweed Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fireweed-ventures/)\n- [Casey Neistat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/casey-neistat/)\n- [Sreeram Kannan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sreeram-kannan/)\n- [Sandeep Nailwal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sandeep-nailwal/)\n- [Julien Bouteloup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/julien-bouteloup/)\n- [Jill Carlson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jill-carlson/)\n- [Hart Lambur](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hart-lambur/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Birju Shah?\n\nBirju Shah is chief operating officer of Self Labs, which lists him among its co-founders, and joined in April 2026 when Self bought Loam, the agentic-workflow company he founded in 2022. He was earlier Uber's head of AI and is a professor of product and AI at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.\n\n### What does SocialConnect Labs, Inc. (Self Labs) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Agent Vault by Self from SocialConnect Labs, Inc. (Self Labs). Agent Vault from Self Labs lets an AI agent check out and sign in with mock tokens. Its proxied browser types the real card number or password at the fill. Agents connect by MCP, a Playwright SDK or HTTP.\n\n### Who has invested in SocialConnect Labs, Inc. (Self Labs)?\n\nThe sources our research read name Greenfield Capital, Startup Capital Ventures, Spearhead VC, Verda Ventures, Fireweed Ventures, Casey Neistat, Sreeram Kannan, Sandeep Nailwal, Julien Bouteloup, Jill Carlson and Hart Lambur.\n\n### How are Birju's tools graded?\n\nAgent Vault by Self is graded D, 52.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015325862/en/Introducing-Agent-Vault-A-Single-Portable-Solution-to-Prevent-Your-Agents-From-Going-Rogue-with-Credit-Cards-and-Login-Credentials-Built-by-Self-Labs\n- https://x.com/RegenRene/status/2110866416434073872\n- https://x.com/RegenRene\n- https://github.com/selfxyz/agent-checkout-skill/commits/main/\n- https://github.com/0xturboblitz\n- https://florent.xyz\n- https://x.com/turboblitzzz\n- https://self.xyz/\n- https://docs.agentvault.io/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/company/self-xyz\n- https://agentvault.io/\n- https://github.com/selfxyz/agent-checkout-skill\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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