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Rajit Khanna

Rajit Khanna

Founder & CEO at Prism; ML engineer, builder, writer

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San Francisco, California
Joined March 2025
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Summary

Founder and product‑focused CEO building AI for product analytics: Rajit co‑founded Prism (YC X25), which uses vision models and semantic search to watch session replays and surface actionable fixes for developers. Prism positions itself as an "AI‑native Datadog + Amplitude" for session replay/insights. ycombinator+1
Early‑stage engineering background across startups and internships: Rajit's history includes engineering roles and internships at companies and startups such as Greptile, Skydio, Stripe, and BLISSWAY, giving him hands‑on product and systems experience across infra, embedded systems, and ML/vision domains. rajitkhanna+2
Public builder with open source work and developer tooling interests: His GitHub shows projects like a search_engine and greptile.nvim (semantic search for Neovim), indicating strengths in applied ML, developer tooling, and open‑source contributions. github
Writer and maker who documents learning publicly: Rajit maintains a personal site with longform essays and reflections (e.g., 'Nothing New Under the Sun', 'The Next Act'), runs a podcast/show, and uses writing to synthesize his technical and career experiences. rajitkhanna+2

Work

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Writing

Now

July 21, 2024

Personal blog 'Now' post describing current activities (updated July 21, 2024), including working at Greptile and reflections on projects and goals.

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The Next Act

December 1, 2021

Blog post discussing past internships and accepting an internship at Stripe; reflections on career choices and startups.

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Nothing New Under the Sun

September 30, 2021

Longform 2020 post reflecting on personal growth, listing milestones including NASA internship, TA role, BLISSWAY internship, and joining club soccer.

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Hobbies

Writing and podcasting — maintains a personal blog and a show that interviews builders; frequently publishes longform posts and reflections. rajitkhanna+1

Soccer / club soccer (played on school/team as noted in personal writing). rajitkhanna