# Arjun Prakash

> Arjun Prakash is the Co-Founder and CEO of Distyl AI, a San Francisco-based enterprise AI company valued at $1.8 billion after raising $175M in a September 2025 Series B led by Lightspeed and Khosla Ventures. Drawing on nearly a decade at Palantir Technologies where he built and led a 30+ person team of Forward Deployed strategists and engineers, Prakash co-founded Distyl to help Fortune 500 companies become genuinely AI-native - not by layering AI onto existing processes, but by rearchitecting how enterprises operate. Distyl claims a 100% production success rate against an industry norm of 95% failure, serves clients across healthcare, manufacturing, telecom, and financial services, and reached profitability in Q3 2024.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Distyl AI
- **Organizations:** Distyl AI, Palantir Technologies, BlackRock, Siemens Corporate Research & Technology, Cornell University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Computer Science focus), Cornell University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Distyl AI, now valued at $1.8 billion after $175M Series B, Built Distyl to profitability by Q3 2024 with 5x revenue growth that year, Achieved 100% production success rate in enterprise AI deployments vs. industry norm of 95% failure

## Career timeline

- **2007-2010** — Research Intern at Siemens Corporate Research & Technology - medical imaging and pattern recognition
- **2010** — Graduated Cornell University with BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- **2010-2013** — Associate at BlackRock in Quantitative, Engineering, and Investment Management division
- **2013-2021** — Joined Palantir Technologies; rose to Business Development Head leading 30+ Forward Deployed strategists and engineers over 8 years
- **2022** — Co-founded Distyl AI with Derek Ho to help enterprises become AI-native
- **2023** — Closed $7M seed round; formed services alliance with OpenAI
- **2024** — Closed $20M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners; Distyl reached profitability in Q3 2024; achieved 5x revenue growth
- **2025-09** — Closed $175M Series B at $1.8B valuation, led by Lightspeed and Khosla Ventures with Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, and DST Global

## Achievements

- Co-founded Distyl AI, now valued at $1.8 billion after $175M Series B
- Built Distyl to profitability by Q3 2024 with 5x revenue growth that year
- Achieved 100% production success rate in enterprise AI deployments vs. industry norm of 95% failure
- Reached 120+ million end users through Distyl's enterprise deployments
- Projected $220M impact for Fortune-50 telecom client
- Projected $200M+ annual impact for healthcare payor on prior-authorization AI
- Built 30+ person Forward Deployed team at Palantir over 8 years
- World Economic Forum contributor on enterprise AI
- Secured strategic backing from Lightspeed, Khosla Ventures, Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, and DST Global

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Distyl AI closed $175M Series B at $1.8B valuation led by Lightspeed and Khosla Ventures
- **2025-09** — Distyl on track for 8x revenue growth in 2025 following 5x growth in 2024
- **2024-11** — Distyl closed $20M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
- **2024-09** — Distyl reached profitability in Q3 2024
- **2023-04** — Distyl formed services alliance with OpenAI and closed $7M seed round

## Links

- Website: https://distyl.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunsprakash
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/arjunsprakash

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Last updated: 2026-05-13