Where does Ganesh Datta work?

Ganesh Datta is Founder of Cortex.

Where did Ganesh Datta go to school?

Ganesh Datta studied at UC San Diego (BS Computer Science, Computer Science).

Ganesh Datta

Founder

Founder at Cortex

San Diego, California, United States

FoundedCortex · YC

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 Cortex YC 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 ↗

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In turn, Ganesh can intro founders to Cortex's investors below.

Cortex's investors · 8

Angel Collective Opportunity FundSan Francisco Cross Creek AdvisorsSalt Lake City IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2024 Kearny JacksonSan Francisco · $200K – $2M checks SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo Alto Scale Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $25M checks · since 2024 Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2024 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Cortex

Anish DharFounder

Nikhil UnniFounder

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

Web Development9OOP2Web Design4Programming8Java14Python12C5Flask3REST3Django2C++4Linux5

+1 more

Postgres

Languages 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).