Pratyush Rai - Co-Founder, Merlin AI

Pratyush Rai

Co-Founder, Merlin AI
  • Bangalore, India

More about Pratyush Rai

Founder at Merlin AI | Ex-BCG | IIT Kanpur | Helping integrate AI into 1B+ people's lives.

I'm an engineer by degree, a business doctor by vocation, and a humanities major by curiosity.

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eChai's AI Meetup in Bengaluru with WeCP
eChai's AI Meetup in Bengaluru
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Founders and startup folks who joined past eChai startup events

The eChai Effect - In Their Words

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Shalin (Shawn) Parikh - Founder, MyCPE One
Shalin (Shawn) Parikh
Founder, MyCPE One
"For me, eChai is a second home. I've been associated with it since the early days, when it was already setting a different tone for how startup communities could work. As a traditional business owner entering the new-age D2C space, eChai supported me in every direction. Over the years, it became my window to the startup world — and also gave me lifelong friends who continue to show up, for business and beyond."
Pankaj Bhimani - Founder, 58miles
Pankaj Bhimani
Founder, 58miles
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Umesh Uttamchandani - Co-Founder, DevX
Umesh Uttamchandani
Co-Founder, DevX

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