Summary
Pukar Hamal is a founder and CEO based in San Francisco with nine years of experience building and scaling startups at the intersection of AI, SaaS, and go-to-market strategy. He founded SecurityPal AI and is currently working in stealth on a new venture, while contributing to Forbes Technology Council and scouting for Craft Ventures. Pukar combines hands-on GTM and product experience from early-stage roles—where he helped grow Teamable >50x and led revenue/strategy at Reduct.Video—with active angel investing and advising across developer and enterprise tools. He’s driven by a principled approach to long-term relationships, relentless work ethic, and economic-minded product strategy, informed by interests in math, mental models, and immigrant-founder dynamics. Not obvious from the title: he regularly writes and thinks publicly (substack) and has been featured on the cover of Forbes for the Nepal-based AI startup he’s building.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Forest Hills High School
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at Stanford University
English, French, Nepali, Hindi, Chinese, Urdu, nepalese dialect (indigenous), Spanish