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.

With some of my friends from my high school debate team (two of whom went to Cornell along with me), I co-founded Endurance, a software company that aims to provide infrastructure for alternative assets markets. I lead engineering as the CTO.

Contact me at pranavbalakri@gmail.com.