Hello, I’m Pranav.

I grew up in Austin, Texas and first learned to code in BASIC when I was 11. Eventually, I went to Cornell to study computer science. There, I found myself most interested in machine learning, markets, and math.

In high school, I joined the policy debate team, which was the most rewarding experience of my life. I won a national tournament and was ranked second in the United States along with my partner. We also won an international championship (in a different event).

I also spent some working on robotics (designing hardware), where our team ranked in the top three alliances at the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) world championship. Since then, I've worked on Endurance, a financial exchange for for physical infrastructure which was backed by a16z speedrun, and on data infrastructure at Mercor.

Contact me at pranavbalakri@gmail.com.