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Priti Rangnekar

Priti Rangnekar

Co-Founder and CTO with expertise in AI and data-driven systems

San Francisco Bay Area
Joined July 2025
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Priti Rangnekar is a Co-Founder and CTO of Nixo (YC S25), an operations platform designed to enhance efficiency for forward-deployed engineering teams by automating and streamlining complex customer engagements. Her work at Nixo focuses on bringing SaaS-level efficiency and precision to high-stakes deployments and custom integrations. ycombinator
Her academic background at Stanford University includes a Master of Science in Computer Science with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and Systems, as well as a Bachelor of Science. She has actively contributed to the academic community as a Head CS Teaching Assistant, Course Development Assistant, and Section Leader for CS198. stanford+1
Priti has a strong interest in the intersection of data-driven systems with policy and management, and is passionate about advocating for education and inclusiveness on a multidisciplinary, global scale, as evidenced by her personal reflections on her Substack. substack
She possesses significant experience in software engineering, having completed internships at Amazon, ServiceNow (twice), and worked as a Machine Learning Dataset Contractor at Google. Her roles have involved developing ops tooling and contributing to various tech projects.
Priti has a notable research background in astrophysics and gravitational waves, having worked as an Undergraduate Researcher with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration at Stanford University and as an Astrophysics Student Researcher at The Summer Science Program. Her contributions are reflected in multiple publications on ResearchGate concerning compact binaries and gravitational-wave searches. researchgate+1
Her involvement in the Stanford community extends to leadership roles such as Director of Industry Events at Stanford Women in Computer Science, Website Co-Lead at Stanford Student Space Initiative, and Co-Instructor for CS 106S at CS+Social Good, showcasing her commitment to empowering students and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. stanford

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Decoding the “Encoding” of Ableism in Technology and Artificial Intelligence

January 1, 2021

An article published on Medium, originally written for Stanford University's Program in Writing and Rhetoric, exploring the presence of ableism in technology and AI.

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The Road to 2020: Examining Stanford voter engagement over the past decade

January 1, 2020

An article published in The Stanford Daily discussing voter engagement at Stanford University over a ten-year period leading up to 2020.

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Virtual recruiting presents new opportunities and new challenges for clubs, companies

January 1, 2020

An article in The Stanford Daily about the new opportunities and challenges presented by virtual recruiting for student clubs and companies.

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Search for gravitational waves from compact binaries with at least one component with mass 0.2 M⊙–1.0 M⊙ and mass ratio q ≥ 0.1 in Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo data collected between 1 November 2019, 15:00 UTC and 27 March 2020, 17:00 UTC

A research paper describing a search for gravitational waves from compact binaries in LIGO and Virgo data, focusing on systems with specific mass ranges and mass ratios.

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Search for gravitational-wave transients associated with magnetar bursts from SGR 1935+2154 during LIGO-Virgo's third observing run

A research paper focused on the search for gravitational-wave transients linked to magnetar bursts, specifically from SGR 1935+2154, using data from the third observing run of LIGO-Virgo.

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Observational constraints on the dynamics of compact binary coalescences from gravitational-wave data

A research paper exploring observational constraints on the dynamics of compact binary coalescences using gravitational-wave data.

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All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars in the O3 LIGO-Virgo data

A research paper detailing an all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves emanating from isolated neutron stars within the O3 LIGO-Virgo data.

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First search for gravitational-wave transients with a distributed search over the LIGO-Virgo O3 data

This paper presents the initial search for gravitational-wave transients by employing a distributed search methodology across the LIGO-Virgo O3 data set.

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A Multi-messenger Search for Gravitational Waves from Highly Eccentric Binary Black Holes

This research explores a multi-messenger approach to detect gravitational waves originating from highly eccentric binary black hole systems.

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