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84 people in our graph share verified history with Ganesh — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
About
Ganesh Datta is the cofounder and CTO of Cortex, an engineering operations platform focused on improving operational maturity and reducing developer friction through features such as centralized visibility, ownership tracking, automated scorecards, and golden paths. He hosts the Braintrust podcast, and his work covers areas including reliability and platform engineering.
Founder at CortexYC W20
Intro paths
Ganesh went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Cortex's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Ganesh can intro founders to Cortex's investors below.
Cortex's investors · 10
Co-founders at Cortex


Experience
- CortexCofounder & CTOcurrent2019 — present
- Mission LanePrincipal Software Engineer2019
- Mission LaneSenior Software Engineer2019San Francisco, California
- LendUpSenior Software Engineer / Tech Lead2018 — 2019
- LendUpSoftware Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- LendUpAssociate Software Engineer2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- URXEngineering Intern2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Food and Remedy, LLCWeb Developer2012 — 2014
- StrongAuth, IncIntern2012Sunnyvale
Skills & more
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PostgresLanguages English · Kannada
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ganesh Datta?
- Ganesh Datta is the cofounder and CTO of Cortex, an engineering operations platform focused on improving operational maturity and reducing developer friction through features such as centralized visibility, ownership tracking, automated scorecards, and golden paths. He hosts the Braintrust podcast, and his work covers areas including reliability and platform engineering.
- Where does Ganesh Datta work?
- Ganesh Datta is Founder of Cortex.
- What companies did Ganesh Datta found?
- Ganesh Datta founded Cortex.
- Where did Ganesh Datta go to school?
- Ganesh Datta studied at UC San Diego (BS Computer Science, Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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UC San Diego mafia235
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Same school
Also attended UC San Diego497
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cortex4
Also worked at Mission Lane5
Also worked at LendUp9
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Also worked at URX14
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