Where does Pranjal Daga work?

Pranjal Daga is Founder of Accend and Builder Fellow at Pear VC.

Where did Pranjal Daga go to school?

Pranjal Daga studied at Y Combinator (S23); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Ignite Program, Business); Purdue University (Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science).

Pranjal Daga

InvestorFounder

Builder Fellow at Pear VC · Founder at Accend

New York, New York, United States

FoundedAccend · YC

Find your path to Pranjal

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

Ken ChenaultunlockedPranjal: together at IBM Research (2014–2015)

×3Pranjal: together at Cisco

×2Pranjal: together at On Deck

×2Pranjal: together at Pear VC

About

Pranjal Daga is cofounder of Accend. He previously led product for AI initiatives focused on risk management at Brex, and earlier helped establish Cisco Innovation Labs, scaling the team from a single person to 35 members over four years. He did not complete a PhD in AI/ML at Purdue University.

Founder at Accend YC S23

Intro paths

Pranjal went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Pranjal can intro founders to Accend's investors below.

Accend's investors · 2

Adverb VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2016 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Accend

Yutong PeiFounder

Joseph ZhouFounder

Experience

Accend (YC S23)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — present
Pear VCBuilder Fellowcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
On DeckFellow ODF1current2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
BrexProduct2021 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
Saison CapitalVC Scout2021
Vonzos PartnersEntrepreneur In Residence2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
CiscoMachine Learning Product Manager2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
Purdue UniversityGraduate Researcher2015 — 2017West Lafayette
Adobe ResearchDeep Learning/NLP Researcher2016San Francisco Bay Area
IBM ResearchResearcher2014 — 2015
Northwestern UniversityMachine Learning Researcher2015Evanston, Illinois
University of AlbertaMitacs Globalink Researcher2014Edmonton, Canada Area

Skills & more

Start-up LeadershipFundraisingStart-up VenturesMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)C++71C57Algorithms58Programming42Machine Learning48Shell Scripting12Artificial Intelligence22Computer Science16

+12 more

Deep LearningComputer VisionProduct ManagementData ScienceData VisualizationSocial Media MarketingSalesWritingPythonJavaScriptHTMLMatlab

Languages English · French · Hindi

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Partner at Pear VC

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Senior Operations Associate at Pear VC

Eric Lin

Acting Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services (ADIIS) at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Frequently asked questions

Who is Pranjal Daga?: Pranjal Daga is cofounder of Accend. He previously led product for AI initiatives focused on risk management at Brex, and earlier helped establish Cisco Innovation Labs, scaling the team from a single person to 35 members over four years. He did not complete a PhD in AI/ML at Purdue University.
Where does Pranjal Daga work?: Pranjal Daga is Founder of Accend and Builder Fellow at Pear VC.
What companies did Pranjal Daga found?: Pranjal Daga founded Accend.
Where did Pranjal Daga go to school?: Pranjal Daga studied at Y Combinator (S23); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Ignite Program, Business); Purdue University (Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science).