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Prajwal Prakash

Founder

Founder at Clueso · Director at Desklamp

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

FoundedClueso · YC

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42 people in our graph share verified history with Prajwal — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Abhijit S GuptaunlockedPrajwal: together at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2018–2019)
×5Prajwal: together at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
×6Prajwal: together at National Public School

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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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

Director at Desklamp

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

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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).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras mafia126

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Aravind SrinivasDual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech)Founded PerplexityAshok SanthanamBSFounded FogLogic +2Kamesh RaghavendraBachelor of TechnologyFounded Geminus +1Venkat ViswanathanBachelor of Technology and Master of TechnologyFounded AIONICS +1Sridhar RamaswamyB. Tech.Founded Neeva +1Akash AnandBachelor of Technology (BTech)Founded Desklamp +1

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National Public School mafia14

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Srinivas SarkarCBSEFounded Coupl +1Akash AnandHigh School (Class 8-11)Founded Desklamp +1Vijay GanesanHigh SchoolFounded NetSpring +1Ashwin JainarayananHigh SchoolFounded Granza BioAria VikramHigh School DiplomaFounded ConvictionJanak SunilFounded Specific Labs

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Clueso mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Akash AnandFounderFounded DesklampNeel BalarFounderFounded Desklamp

Desklamp mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Akash AnandCo-FounderFounded CluesoNeel BalarCo-FounderFounded Clueso

Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras235

Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AISundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAshok SanthanamManaging Director at Copper Sky CapitalHanyang WangDirector at Qualcomm VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC

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Also attended National Public School20

Adarsh MenonPartner at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpVinod JosephInvestor at Samsung NextKaushik RamInvestments at Yali CapitalVedant AgrawalInvestor at Premji InvestKartik PrabhakaraInvestor at Aream & Co.Srinivas SarkarFounder at Coupl

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Shared employers

Also worked at Clueso2

Akash AnandFounder at CluesoNeel BalarFounder at Clueso

Also worked at Desklamp2

Akash AnandFounder at CluesoNeel BalarFounder at Clueso

Also worked at Adobe256

Brian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationLouise TomlinsonInvestor at Reinventure GroupAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesJeff VeenDesigner and investor in London, United KingdomErika NashInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalMichael MignanoGeneral Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV)

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Also worked at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras30

Raghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundNarendra BhandariGeneral Partner at SeafundVenkat ViswanathanAdvisor at AvilaSri Jaya Surya A PInvestment Analyst at VenturEastDr Ashok JhunjhunwalaAdvisor at Kalaari CapitalSushmitha ThirumalaivasanManager, Programs at Treefrog

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