About
Pranav Reddy is CIO at Pipeshift, where he works on large language model optimization.
Founder at PipeshiftYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Pranav went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — 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 Pipeshift's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Pranav can intro founders to Pipeshift's investors below.
Pipeshift's investors · 8
Arka Venture LabsMumbai · $100K – $500K checks · since 2025Good News VenturesToronto · since 2025gradCapital$1K – $200K checks · since 2025MyAsiaVCSeattle · since 2025Nivesha Venturessince 2025SenseAI VenturesIndia · since 2025Strategxy Ventures LLCBeverly Hills · $1M – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024
Co-founders at Pipeshift
AC
Arko CCo-founder, CEO
EF
Enrique FerraoFounder
Experience
- Pipeshift (YC S24)Co-Founder, CIOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Pipeshift (YC S24)Co-Founder, CIO (Xylem AI - pivoted to Pipeshift)2023 — 2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- AmigoCo-Founder2021 — 2022India
- Hult Prize FoundationHult Prize Global Accelerator2022
Skills & more
PyTorchPythonMachine LearningC++CUDALarge Language Models (LLM)DockerJavaScript
From Pranav's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Pranav Reddy?
- Pranav Reddy is CIO at Pipeshift, where he works on large language model optimization.
- Where does Pranav Reddy work?
- Pranav Reddy is Founder of Pipeshift.
- What companies did Pranav Reddy found?
- Pranav Reddy founded Pipeshift.
- Where did Pranav Reddy go to school?
- Pranav Reddy studied at Y Combinator (S24 batch); Manipal Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics and Communication Engineering); Brahm Prakash DAV School.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Pipeshift (YC S24)3
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Also worked at Amigo1
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Offiong IsyahInvestment Analyst, West Africa at MicrotractionDavid GalipeauInvestor at SDGxSara BondSVP of Product Development, WELL Health Technologies Corp. at WELL VenturesAly RamadanInvestment Team at Access Bridge VenturesKrit (Boom) UthaisangAnalyst at SeaX VenturesEnrique FerraoFounder at Pipeshift
