Arjun Prakash
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Co-Founder, CEO
San Francisco, California, United States
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Co-Founder, CEODistylJan 2022 - Current (4 years 6 months)We are on a mission to rearchitect entire industries for frontier technologies. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla Ventures, Coatue, DST Global, Dell Technologies Capital, Nat Friedman, Brad Gerstner, Dr James Cash, and the board members of 20+ F500 companies.- Head of SolutionsSnorkel AIJan 2021 - Dec 2022 (2 years)• Head of new product & use-cases. • Head of Business Development, including strategic relationships and pricing models.
- ExecutivePalantir TechnologiesJan 2013 - Dec 2021 (9 years)Early employee of Palantir Commercial (NASDAQ:PLTR), and scaled the business over 8 years. Scoped and led our earliest Commercial engagements, helped create Palantir Foundry, led international expansion in Europe, and recruited and managed multiple teams of high-performers and leaders.
- AssociateBlackRockJan 2010 - Dec 2013 (4 years)As an interest-rates and mortgages quant, I built mathematical models to quantify and manage optionality and volatility in derivatives, term structure, and prepayments. Top rated analyst in 2010 cohort, and promoted to associate in 2012
- Fixed Income QuantBlackRockJan 2010 - Dec 2013 (4 years)As an interest-rates and mortgages quant, I built mathematical models to quantify and manage optionality and volatility in derivatives, term structure, and prepayments. Top rated analyst in 2010 cohort, and promoted to associate in 2012
- ResearchSiemensJan 2007 - Dec 2010 (4 years)Developed and implemented pattern-recognition models for MRI and ultrasound images to diagnose fetal health. I also hypothesized and proved that the models could run in real-time by taking advantage of GPUs. These models and hardware are in Siemens medical devices. I was also the youngest, at eighteen, in an R&D program for PhD students and postdocs.
- ResearchCornell UniversityJan 2007 - Dec 2010 (4 years)• Space Systems Lab: I was part of the team that won the University Nanosat-4 competition, and launched 2 nano-satellites into space • Robotics Learning Lab: I developed stabilization and navigation models for aerial robots. For this work, I was awarded the ELI Research grant for excellence in undergraduate research
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- BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer ScienceCornell UniversityJan 2006 - Dec 2010 (5 years)Specialized in and researched probabilistic systems
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- ELI Undergraduate Research AwardCornell UniversityJan 2010Research grant for my work on aerial robotics
- AUniversity Nanosat-4Air Force Research Laboratory AFRLJan 2007Part of team that won the university level satellite design and fabrication competition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Nanosatellite_Program)
- MSIA Youth ScholarshipMinistry of Education SingaporeJan 2004Scholarship awarded to top 30 students in India (http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/scholarships/sia/)
- NNational Talent Search ScholarNational Council of Educational Research TrainingJan 2004Scholarship awarded to top 750 students in India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Talent_Search_Examination)