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Prajwal Prakash

Founder

Founder at Clueso

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

FoundedClueso · YC

About

Prajwal Prakash is a 2022 computer science graduate from IIT Madras who serves as CTO and co-founder at Clueso. He previously built Desklamp, a consumer notetaking application, and has experience in AI research through an internship at Adobe, along with founding a quantum machine learning group during his college years.

Founder at CluesoYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Prajwal went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Clueso's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Prajwal can intro founders to Clueso's investors below.

Clueso's investors · 2

f7 VenturesTiburon · $10K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Clueso

AAAkash Anand
Akash AnandFounder
NBNeel Balar
Neel BalarFounder
KR
Krish RamineniCo-founder & CEO

Experience

  1. CluesoFounder/CTOcurrent2023 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
  2. DesklampCo-Founder2021 — 2023Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  3. AdobeResearch Intern2021Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  4. Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasYoung Research Fellow2020 — 2021
  5. Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasSoftware Engineer2020

Skills & more

Quantum Computing9Machine Learning8RISC-V3Presentation Skills2JavaScript12C++Python (Programming Language)3React.js2

From Prajwal's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Prajwal Prakash?
Prajwal Prakash is a 2022 computer science graduate from IIT Madras who serves as CTO and co-founder at Clueso. He previously built Desklamp, a consumer notetaking application, and has experience in AI research through an internship at Adobe, along with founding a quantum machine learning group during his college years.
Where does Prajwal Prakash work?
Prajwal Prakash is Founder of Clueso.
What companies did Prajwal Prakash found?
Prajwal Prakash founded Clueso.
Where did Prajwal Prakash go to school?
Prajwal Prakash studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science And Engineering); National Public School (High School Diploma).

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