About
Prateek Jannu studied at Purdue and later attended Stanford. He is building AI agent technology at Coasty to help enterprises automate manual processes.
Founder at CoArenaYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Prateek went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran CoArena's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Prateek can intro founders to CoArena's investors below.
CoArena's investors · 1
Co-founders at CoArena
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Nitish KovuruFounder
Experience
- Coasty (YC S26)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- TruGen AILead Machine Learning Engineer - Computer Use Agents & Infrastructure2026New York, United States
- Wavelogix, Inc.Machine Learning Engineer2024 — 2026Indiana, United States
- Purdue UniversityMachine Learning Researcher2022 — 2024West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
- MicrosoftAlpha2021 — 2022
- MicrosoftLearn Student Ambassador2021
Skills & more
Cloud Computing1Data Engineering1Microsoft Machine Learning ServerFeature EngineeringMicrosoft Project1Project Planning2Docker2Redis2Node.js1Amazon S31Software Design2Web Engineering2
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Software InfrastructureSoftware IndustryC++Internet SoftwareSTM32Texas InstrumentsProcess AutomationFront-End DevelopmentManagementProblem SolvingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Neural Networks- Metaverse and NFTs for Marketing — LinkedIn
- Market Research: B2B — LinkedIn
- Student mentor — Apple
- Introduction to Data Science — LinkedIn
- Cyber Security — DefensityOne
- Python for Data Science (Badge IBM) — IBM
- Python for Data Science (Course Certificate) — IBM
- Leadership and Team Development (Berlin,Germany) — International Business Management Institute (IBMI)
From Prateek's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Prateek Jannu?
- Prateek Jannu studied at Purdue and later attended Stanford. He is building AI agent technology at Coasty to help enterprises automate manual processes.
- Where does Prateek Jannu work?
- Prateek Jannu is Founder of CoArena.
- What companies did Prateek Jannu found?
- Prateek Jannu founded CoArena.
- Where did Prateek Jannu go to school?
- Prateek Jannu studied at Stanford University (Master's Degree, Electrical Engineering); Purdue University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering); Vellore Institute of Technology (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering).
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Purdue University mafia79
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Vellore Institute of Technology mafia22
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Wavelogix mafia2
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Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate
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Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsKenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTechJane CommerfordOperations at 8VCSven StrohbandInvestor at Khosla VenturesJeff PetersPartner at Ibex InvestorsKenneth MorandLife Sciences Partner at CincyTech
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Shared employers
Also worked at Coasty (YC S26)1
Also worked at Wavelogix, Inc.2
Also worked at Purdue University43
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