Where does Pranjal Animesh work?

Pranjal Animesh is CTO of Specter.

What companies did Pranjal Animesh found?

Pranjal Animesh founded Specter.

Where did Pranjal Animesh go to school?

Pranjal Animesh studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering).

Pranjal Animesh

Founder

CTO at Specter

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedSpecter

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Toby CoppelunlockedPranjal: together at Entrepreneur First (2025)

×3Pranjal: together at Entrepreneur First

×3Pranjal: together at E-Cell, IIT Bombay

Pranjal: together at Ruzo.ai

About

Pranjal Animesh developed the early product at Ruzo.ai ahead of its $3M seed round. He has also worked as an AI researcher at Otsuka Shokai in Tokyo on projects for Nvidia, Microsoft, and Adobe, and previously wrote quantitative trading alphas at WorldQuant.

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CTO at Specter

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Specter's investors · 1

Entrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checks

Co-founders at Specter

Rahul SharmaCEO

Experience

Specter AICTO & Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Entrepreneurs FirstEntrepreneur in Residence2025San Francisco Bay Area & Bangalore
Ruzo.aiFounding Engineer2025San Francisco Bay Area
hizen.aiCo-Founder2023 — 2025Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
WorldQuantResearch Consultant2023 — 2024Old Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
（株）大塚商会AI Researcher - Otsuka Shokai2024Tokyo, Japan
School Hack.AIRemote Software Engineer2024Dubai, United Arab Emirates
QrataRemote Software Engineer2023 — 2024Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Team Stride IIT BombayComputer Vision Subsystem2023Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Indian Institute of Technology, BombayTeaching Assistant2023Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombayin-Semester Undergraduate Research Program2022 — 2023Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
E-Cell, IIT BombayEvents and PR Coordinator2022 — 2023Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
E-Cell, IIT BombayMedia and Marketing Organizer2021 — 2022Mumbai
Mood Indigo IIT BombayEvent Coordinator2022Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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DevOps1Generative AI1LangChain1PygameGPT-4Prompt EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentMathematicsReasoning SkillsSQLLogicsCode Review

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Who is Pranjal Animesh?: Pranjal Animesh developed the early product at Ruzo.ai ahead of its $3M seed round. He has also worked as an AI researcher at Otsuka Shokai in Tokyo on projects for Nvidia, Microsoft, and Adobe, and previously wrote quantitative trading alphas at WorldQuant.
Where does Pranjal Animesh work?: Pranjal Animesh is CTO of Specter.
What companies did Pranjal Animesh found?: Pranjal Animesh founded Specter.
Where did Pranjal Animesh go to school?: Pranjal Animesh studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering).

Founder mafias

Entrepreneur First mafia885

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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay mafia183

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay268

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Shared employers

Also worked at Specter AI1

Rahul SharmaCEO at Specter

Also worked at Entrepreneurs First714

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Toby CoppelCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic Ventures Benedict EvansWrites a weekly technology newsletter read by close to 200,000 people PeterDeep Tech Investment Lead at Hummingbird Ventures AniTalent Team at Hummingbird Ventures Isabel FoxHead of Investor Relations at Hoxton Ventures

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Also worked at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay48

Rishita AgrawalSenior Analyst at Qualcomm Ventures Mohit LadFounder, ThousandEyes at Decibel Partners Chirag ChadhaPartner at Elevation Capital Sahil DhingraVice President at Info Edge Ventures Naman LahotyInvestor at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp Raj Nayan DattaInvestments at WaterBridge Ventures

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Also worked at E-Cell, IIT Bombay14

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