# Prithvi Rai

> Prithvi Rai founded and led Borneo, a data security and privacy observability company acquired by Atlassian in May 2025. His earlier career spanned CyberCash, Yahoo, Facebook and Uber, with work on global infrastructure, security automation and IPO readiness. Based in Singapore according to his LinkedIn profile, he has also mentored entrepreneurs at INSEAD and served on the board of Singapore’s HTX.

- **Role:** Technology entrepreneur and security engineering leader
- **Organizations:** Borneo (founder and former CEO; acquired by Atlassian), CyberCash (former), Yahoo (former), Facebook / Meta (former), Uber (former), HTX (board service), INSEAD (Entrepreneur-in-Residence)
- **Known for:** Founded Borneo and led it through its May 2025 acquisition by Atlassian., Helped build security and engineering infrastructure at Yahoo, Facebook and Uber., Contributed to engineering and security controls for Facebook’s IPO readiness.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked on secure payments infrastructure at CyberCash.
- **Before 2011** — Spent almost eleven years at Yahoo, including information security leadership in Asia-Pacific.
- **2005** — Worked on integration and divestiture challenges around Yahoo’s Alibaba transaction, according to his retrospective.
- **Before 2016** — Spent five years at Facebook working on global security, infrastructure, automation and technical program management; contributed to IPO readiness.
- **2015** — Began volunteering as an INSEAD Entrepreneur-in-Residence in October, according to LinkedIn.
- **2016-2019** — Served as Senior Director of Engineering and Head of Global Security at Uber.
- **2019** — Launched Borneo, according to his own 2022 account.
- **2020** — Announced Borneo platform general availability in a Singapore Tech Forum post.
- **2021** — Borneo raised $15.5 million in Series A funding, bringing reported total funding to $18 million at that time.
- **2024** — Participated in the MAP-TXS AI safety panel and a Wayra conversation on responsible AI.
- **2025** — Borneo launched Agentic AI in February and was acquired by Atlassian in May.

## Achievements

- Founded Borneo and led it through its May 2025 acquisition by Atlassian.
- Helped build security and engineering infrastructure at Yahoo, Facebook and Uber.
- Contributed to engineering and security controls for Facebook’s IPO readiness.
- Led Borneo during its $15.5 million Series A round in 2021.
- Served as an INSEAD Entrepreneur-in-Residence and HTX board member.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Borneo’s acquisition by Atlassian was publicly confirmed by the transaction adviser on May 30 and welcomed by Atlassian executive Tiffany To.
- **2025-02** — Borneo announced Agentic AI on February 25, with natural-language security audits and automated risk-remediation capabilities.
- **2024-10** — A Telefónica release describes Rai’s responsible-AI discussion with Wayra CEO Irene Gómez at Espacio Movistar.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raiprithvi/

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/prithvi-rai
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-10-22