Vikram Jayanthi
Cofounder at PromptArmor
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolVikram Jayanthi is a cofounder and security-minded software engineer with 13 years of experience building and protecting complex systems, now focused on safeguarding AI agents and applications through PromptArmor. He blends hands-on ML and security expertise from roles at Roblox (client and engine security) and prior work across Google, Symantec, and multiple startups. Vikram has full-stack chops—contributing front-end Angular work and authentication features in MEAN projects—alongside iterative ML experimentation in Google Cloud notebooks, reflecting a rare mix of UI, backend, and model-focused experience. He’s an entrepreneur who has scaled a Berkeley SkyDeck startup to acquisition and now recruits engineers passionate about agents and ML security. Based in San Francisco and a UC Berkeley CS alum with Y Combinator ties, he pairs product instinct with practical engineering to harden next-generation AI systems. An under-the-radar strength: he combines political/public-policy involvement and civic tech experience with technical depth, informing pragmatic, user-centered security design.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School, High School at Stone Bridge High SchoolMinor in Public Policy Public Policy Analysis, Minor in Public Policy Public Policy Analysis at University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public PolicyW24, W24 at Y CombinatorElementary Middle and High School, Elementary Middle and High School at The Valley School
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
google-cloud-platform10
python10
css10
machine-learning10
tensorflow10
front-end-development10
html10
angular-material10
jupyter-notebook10
angular10
back-end-development9
ui-design9
data-analysis8
nodes8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
linnovate/mean
Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
The MEAN stack uses Mongo, Express, Angular(6) and Node for simple and scalable fullstack js applications
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 62 commits, 56 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Vikram primarily contributed to front-end development, as indicated by changes in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files related to user interfaces, navigation, and the addition of Angular Material design components. Their work included modifying views, adding and updating UI elements, and integrating with the back-end. They also made updates to the back-end, including changes to user authentication and forgot password functionality. The user also appears to have made minor configuration updates.
expressmongo-expressmongoosemongodbjavascript
GoogleCloudPlatform/training-data-analyst
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Labs and demos for courses for GCP Training (http://cloud.google.com/training).
Role in this project:ML Engineer
ML EngineerContributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 1 comment in 1 day
Contributions summary:Vikram primarily updated and modified Jupyter notebooks related to machine learning experiments and training within the Google Cloud Platform environment. These changes involved importing relevant libraries like `tensorflow`, `google.datalab.ml`, and `apache_beam`. The commits focused on updating existing notebook files such as `d_experiment.ipynb`, `c_batched.ipynb`, `cloudmle.ipynb`, and `feateng.ipynb`. The modifications suggest iterative refinement of machine learning code, potentially to improve model performance or experiment with different configurations.
gcpgoogle-cloud-platformgoogle-cloudtraining
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