# Prasanna Sankar

> Prasanna Sankar is an Indian software engineer and serial founder whose career runs from competitive programming and a short Microsoft stint to the viral rise and collapse of LikeALittle, the creation of Rippling with Parker Conrad, the crypto product 0xPPL, and the 2026 launch of AI software-engineering company Vorflux. His recurring theme is not tidy success but a preference for high-variance problems where engineering can compress years of change into months.

- **Role:** Co-founder, Vorflux
- **Organizations:** Vorflux, 0xPPL, Rippling, Zenefits, LikeALittle, Microsoft, Google
- **From:** Chennai, India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
- **Known for:** Co-founded Rippling, valued by private investors at $16.8 billion in May 2025., Ranked number one in India on Topcoder while in college, according to his public biography., Reached the ACM-ICPC World Finals twice, in 2007 and 2008.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Placed 56th in the Google Code Jam final, according to the Competitive Programming Hall of Fame.
- **2006** — Interned at Google while studying at NIT Tiruchirappalli.
- **2007-2008** — Represented NIT Tiruchirappalli at two ACM-ICPC World Finals.
- **2008-2009** — Worked as a software developer on Microsoft Bing in the Vancouver area.
- **2010** — Co-founded campus social network LikeALittle; it reached 20 million page views in its first six weeks.
- **2015-2016** — Served as director of engineering at Zenefits and worked closely with Parker Conrad.
- **2016** — Co-founded Rippling with Conrad and became its chief technology officer.
- **2020** — Stepped down from Rippling's CTO role after helping scale its engineering organization.
- **2023** — Founded 0xPPL, a social and portfolio product for crypto users.
- **2025** — Launched 0xPPL 2.0 as a unified onchain wallet, portfolio tracker and app interface.
- **2026** — Launched Vorflux, an AI software-engineering autopilot, with $15 million in funding.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Rippling, valued by private investors at $16.8 billion in May 2025.
- Ranked number one in India on Topcoder while in college, according to his public biography.
- Reached the ACM-ICPC World Finals twice, in 2007 and 2008.
- Reached the Google Code Jam world final and placed 56th in 2005; his profiles also describe him as a two-time finalist.
- Built LikeALittle to 20 million page views within six weeks of launch.
- Raised $15 million for Vorflux from Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners, Powerset, Alliance and individual investors in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Vorflux said customers had consumed one trillion tokens on the platform; Sankar also hosted a live discussion with HackerRank co-founder Vivek Ravisankar.
- **2026-07** — Launched Vorflux and announced $15 million in funding from Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners, Powerset, Alliance and angel investors including Parker Conrad, Immad Akhund and Balaji Srinivasan.
- **2026-03** — Forbes added Sankar to its billionaire ranking based on its estimate of his Rippling stake.
- **2025-11** — Announced 0xPPL 2.0, expanding the product into a cross-chain wallet, portfolio tracker, bridge and app interface.

## Links

- Website: https://vorflux.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/myprasanna/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/myprasanna
- GitHub: https://github.com/myprasanna

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Last updated: 2026-09-26