Saurabh Chalke is a pragmatic founder and technologist with 9 years of experience building scalable systems across finance and deep-technology startups. As Co-Founder and CTO at Thinking Balloon he leads development of high-altitude balloon platforms that capture vastly more weather data, applying distributed systems and embedded engineering to defense-tech problems. Previously he co-founded zkHub to accelerate distributed zero-knowledge proof generation and spent four years driving technology delivery at Morgan Stanley, bridging rigorous engineering practices with product-focused execution. Comfortable from low-level hardware integration to cloud-native architectures, he brings both startup grit and enterprise discipline to early-stage ventures. Based in Karnataka, India, Saurabh combines a computer science engineering background with hands-on experience in prototyping complex systems under operational constraints. An optimist about science and technology, he repeatedly aims to turn ambitious research-grade ideas into deployable, mission-ready products.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Science at University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
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