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- Pratham Bansal@pratham__bansalFounder/CEO · LanesurfS25B2B · San Francisco
- Sarthak Singh Chauhan@sarthakiitdFounder/CTO · LanesurfS25B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Pratham BansalLanesurfFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States11https://x.com/pratham__bansalSarthak Singh ChauhanLanesurfFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States11https://x.com/sarthakiitd
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Pratham Bansal
Founder/CEO·Lanesurf
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size11
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Pratham studied engineering at IIT Delhi, where he contributed to ML research at Caltech and Rice. He then deployed AI systems for F500 enterprises at Booz & Co He then built a 10x faster (than SOTA) inference application for compute-heavy ML models, that was sold to an NVIDIA-backed Bay Area company. At IIT, he also led Rendezvous, Asia’s largest cultural festival, drawing 150,000 attendees with sponsors including Coca Cola, Binance, and the NBA.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
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