Angad Daryani
CEO at Praan
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAngad Daryani is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and electrical engineer who leads Praan as CEO and CTO, driving scalable, low-energy filterless air purification and climate sensing platforms. A Georgia Tech EE graduate with MIT Media Lab exposure, he merges hands-on prototyping, DSP, radar, IoT, and AI to tackle public health and energy challenges. Since founding Praan, he has steered initiatives like MK II, HIVE, SES, and EDITH, and advanced direct air capture efforts, securing partnerships with Microsoft, ANSYS, and Marico Innovation Foundation, with patents progressing toward USPTO allowance. He has mobilized growth capital from existing investors and strategic angels from Elon Musk's team, underscoring his ability to attract cross-border funding for ambitious climate-tech ventures. In addition to his startup work, he serves as an investor/advisor across ventures such as EtherealX and KiranaPro, fueling engineering talent and scalable solutions in India and the US. Based in San Francisco with a decade of experience across startups, academia, and impact-driven innovation, he remains focused on solving problems for billions of people through frugal, high-impact engineering.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Honors, consistently on Dean’s List, Honors, consistently on Dean’s List at Georgia Institute of Technology
Hindi, Marathi, French, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
scientist375/Animatronic-Hand
Feb 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 10 months
scientist375/SeismicSearchEngine
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 17 days
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