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Prasoon Shukla

Founder

Founder at Pretzel AI

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

FoundedPretzel AI · YC

About

Prasoon Shukla holds a degree in applied mathematics from IIT Roorkee and spent over seven years as a data scientist at Stripe, Goldman Sachs, and Klarna, where he developed machine learning models for payment fraud detection, credit assessment, and market risk analytics.

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Founder at Pretzel AIYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Prasoon went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Prasoon can intro founders to Pretzel AI's investors below.

Pretzel AI's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Pretzel AI

RGRamon Garate
Ramon GarateFounder

Experience

  1. Cord (YC W24)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentBerlin, Germany
  2. Pretzel AI (YC W24)Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentBerlin, Germany
  3. StripeSenior Data Scientist2021 — 2022Berlin, Germany
  4. KlarnaData Scientist2020 — 2021Berlin Metropolitan Area
  5. N26Data Scientist2018 — 2019Berlin Metropolitan Area
  6. Goldman SachsQuant Strat in Market Risk2016 — 2018Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  7. Google Summer of CodeDeveloper2015
  8. Information Management Group, IIT RoorkeeProject Coordinator and Software Developer2012 — 2015
  9. Google Summer of CodeDeveloper2014
  10. Google Summer of CodeDeveloper2013

Education

  1. Y CombinatorW24
  2. Indian Institute of Technology, RoorkeeBS and MS, Applied Mathematics2011 — 2016
  3. UdacityNanodegree, Advanced Machine Learning Engineer2017 — 2018

Skills & more

Python20JavaScript5C++9RMySQL3TableauHTML3Linux3PHP2C2CSS1Django1
+12 moreGitSQLDockerggplotPandas (Software)TensorFlowLightGBMdplyrStatisticsScikit-LearnData ModelingMachine Learning

Languages English · Hindi

From Prasoon'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

Goldman Sachs mafia180

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Fred EhrsamTraderFounded CoinbaseMatt HuangSummer AnalystFounded HotspotsAndrew JonesTechnology AnalystFounded Adaptive Security +1Spencer RascoffInvestment BankerFounded House Whisper +1Gordon WintrobSummer Analyst, Investment BankingFounded Newfront +1Sheridan ClayborneSpecial Situations Group AnalystFounded Lendtable +1

+ 173 more

Stripe mafia83

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Hemant TanejaInvestor (former Board Member)Founded CommureMatt HuangBoard MemberFounded HotspotsBrian BrunnerSoftware EngineerFounded DataShare +1Mike MahlkowGrowthFounded Fastgen +1Shravan ReddyEngineering LeaderFounded PixelapseFrancesco MoiraghiGTMFounded Kickpay

+ 76 more

Udacity mafia28

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Oliver CameronDeep LearningFounded Everyme +1Radu MaziluIntro to Machine LearningFounded PermitPortal +1Cristina FonsecaArtificial Intelligence NanodegreeFounded TalkdeskFritz SeidelDesign Sprint degreeFounded Boomerang IdeasJaime BlascoSelf-Driving Car NanodegreeFounded Nudge SecurityMarlon MisraML NanodegreeFounded Assembly

+ 21 more

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee mafia25

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Divij GoyalBachelors of technologyFounded Mindbase +1Shantanu AgarwalB.TechFounded Mati CarbonShashank KumarB. Tech.Founded RazorpayVikesh KhannaB.Tech.Founded Ambient.aiSambhav JainBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded FampayPiyush VishwakarmaBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)Founded Jeevam Health

+ 18 more

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee56

Anshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at ConvergePranjal KhandelwalAnalyst, Investments at LightboxPramit SinghiAssociate at Titan CapitalShantanu AgarwalAdvisory Board Member at Titanium Innovation InvestmentsGulshan DhananiAssociate at Avataar Venture PartnersSameer NandaInvestor at Sand Hill Angels

+ 50 more

Also attended Udacity54

Luke BugbeePortfolio Support at 8VCAyesha AroraVenture Partner at S32Rahul ThayyalamkandyDirector, Communications & Community at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Jordan CroomInvestor at Side Door VenturesOliver HammondPartner at Fuel VenturesCate DavisSenior Analyst at Midnight

+ 48 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Cord (YC W24)1

Ramon GarateFounder at Pretzel AI

Also worked at Pretzel AI (YC W24)1

Ramon GarateFounder at Pretzel AI

Also worked at Stripe166

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalLaura BuhlerPartner, Head of Community at Felicis VenturesJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesMark FiorentinoInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 160 more

Also worked at N2621

Sarah GreenMarketing and Community Manager at Iris CapitalZiheng LiInvestor at Saison CapitalFrancesca PirasSenior Office & HR Manager Americas at PICUS CAPITALPeter KleinschmidtVenture Partner at Blockchain Founders CapitalMartina GromoInvestment Associate at VI PartnersNadja ReischelInvestor at Cherry Ventures

+ 15 more