Pranjal Daga

Pranjal Daga is a serial entrepreneur and AI leader, currently co-founding Accend (YC S23) which provides AI agents for business underwriting and onboarding, significantly reducing processing times. He transitioned into entrepreneurship after dropping out of a PhD program at Purdue University, demonstrating a strong drive to apply cutting-edge AI research to real-world business problems in fintech. ycombinator+2

His expertise spans machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing, cultivated through roles at Cisco Innovation Labs, Adobe Research, IBM Research, and academic pursuits at Purdue and Northwestern Universities. He has also contributed to patents in areas like probabilistic language models and text segment identification, showcasing his deep technical understanding. google+2

Pranjal has a strong background in risk management within fintech, having led the Product team at Brex where he was responsible for reducing fraud losses by $20 million. This experience highlights his ability to leverage technology for financial security and operational efficiency. nocap