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Pranav Madhukar

Founder

Founder at Meteor

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedMeteor · YC

About

Pranav Madhukar studied computer science at the University of Washington and previously raised university funding to support builders. He is now working on a browsing-related product at Meteor.

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Pranav @pranavcmadhukar

I would use a 20% dumber llm if it would explain stuff concisely and in plain english. https://t.co/E3RMz9rdMv

Aug 1, 2026 · ♥ 6

Pranav @pranavcmadhukar

I don’t agree w all the criticism of @lilianweng It’s very different being a great researcher, and being the founder of a highly scrutinized $2b company in a super fast-paced competitive field. There’s prolly a lot of stress and I don’t doubt that the decision was for health https://t.co/fbQRA3UsQP

Jul 29, 2026 · ♥ 142 · ⇄ 3

Pranav @pranavcmadhukar

part of why LLMs over engineer so much is bc they do not why they're implementing their failsafes. Humans code the barebones -> run -> only implement failsafes/ modifications to fix general case of failure. There is an explicit understanding of understanding what each failsafe

Jul 18, 2026 · ♥ 9

Founder at MeteorYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Pranav went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Meteor's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Pranav can intro founders to Meteor's investors below.

Meteor's investors · 4

Andreessen HorowitzMatrixMGV.VCY Combinator

Co-founders at Meteor

FKFarhan Khan
Farhan KhanFounder

Experience

  1. MeteorFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringTeaching Assistant2024 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
  3. Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringTeaching Assistant2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  4. University of ChicagoSummer Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Accelerator2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
  5. HaqdarshakSoftware Engineer Intern2023Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

  1. University of WashingtonBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science2023 — 2027
  2. Sri Kumaran Children's HomeHigh School Diploma2011 — 2023

Skills & more

TeachingMathematics1Tableau2Vega Lite1React.jsCommunicationSQLNode.jsGitJavaR (Programming Language)LaTeX
+9 moreBootstrap (Framework)FlaskPython (Programming Language)JavaScriptHTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)LeadershipPublic SpeakingDebate

Languages English · Hindi · Kannada · Sanskrit · Telugu

From Pranav's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

University of Washington mafia96

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Alec NielsenBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Asimov +1Emmett ShearFounded Twitch +1Gordon HemptonB.S.Founded Team Apart +1Wes HatherBachelor's degreeFounded Team Apart +1Vladimir KorshinBAFounded PathPilot +1Jai PadmakumarBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Robigo +1

+ 89 more

Same school

Also attended University of Washington266

Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzVictoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesJoe HorsmanInvestor at Madrona Venture GroupTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applicationsJohn CarpenterInformation Technology Director at Madrona Venture Group

+ 260 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Meteor1

Farhan KhanFounder at Meteor

Also worked at Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering6

William WolfFounder at BayesShivam SinghalFounder at Structured LabsJackson StokesFounder at TrainloopErik VankFounder at NarrativeElvin FuFounder at CodeWispTario YouFounder at OpenTrade

Also worked at University of Chicago63

Sam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Corey RitterPartner at ARCH Venture PartnersPeter MintunAssociate at ARCH Venture PartnersSu FuAffiliate at ARCH Venture PartnersMira ChaurushiyaManaging Director at Westlake Village BioPartnersIsha MehrotraAssociate at Uncork Capital

+ 57 more

Also worked at Haqdarshak1

Darsa JhanwarSenior Associate, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.