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.
CTO at Specter
Intro paths
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Specter's investors · 1
Co-founders at Specter
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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
- ï¼ˆæ ªï¼‰å¤§å¡šå•†ä¼šAI 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
Education
- Indian Institute of Technology, BombayBachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering
Skills & more
DevOps1Generative AI1LangChain1PygameGPT-4Prompt EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentMathematicsReasoning SkillsSQLLogicsCode Review
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Front-End DevelopmentComputer ScienceData StructuresStart-up VenturesStartup DevelopmentEarly-Stage StartupsArtificial Intelligence (AI)reactjsProduct DevelopmentProduct MarketingProduct LaunchProduct DesignFrom Pranjal's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Pranjal Animesh work?
- Pranjal Animesh is CTO at Specter.
- What companies did Pranjal Animesh found?
- Pranjal Animesh founded Specter.
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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay mafia72
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Same school
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay27
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