# Rahul Pangam

> Rahul Pangam is the co-founder and CEO of RapidCanvas, an Austin-based enterprise AI platform that pairs autonomous AI agents with human data scientists to help non-technical business teams build and deploy models. A serial founder, he previously co-founded Simility, a fraud detection platform PayPal acquired for roughly $120M in 2018, and spent years running Trust and Safety operations at Google.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at RapidCanvas
- **Organizations:** RapidCanvas, Simility (prior), PayPal (prior), Google (prior), GE Energy (prior)
- **Education:** MBA, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Clemson University
- **Known for:** Sold Simility to PayPal for $120M in June 2018 after four years of building, Raised approximately $39.5M in total funding for RapidCanvas, Won 12th Annual Info Security Product Guide Global Excellence Award

## Career timeline

- **2000s** — Application engineer and technical lead at GE Energy
- **2007-2014** — Multiple leadership roles at Google including Director of Trust and Safety
- **2014** — Co-founded Simility with Kedar Samant and Uttam Phalnikar; served as CEO
- **2018** — PayPal acquired Simility for approximately $120M
- **2018-2021** — VP Risk Strategy at PayPal
- **2022** — Co-founded RapidCanvas with Uttam Phalnikar; became CEO
- **2024-03** — Closed $7.5M seed round led by Accel
- **2024-12** — Closed $16M Series A

## Achievements

- Sold Simility to PayPal for $120M in June 2018 after four years of building
- Raised approximately $39.5M in total funding for RapidCanvas
- Won 12th Annual Info Security Product Guide Global Excellence Award
- RapidCanvas holds a 4.9/5 rating on G2 as of Winter 2026
- Grew RapidCanvas to 79 employees and roughly 25 enterprise customers within two years

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Closed $16M Series A funding round
- **2025-01** — Appointed Mayuresh Kshetramade as COO
- **2025-07** — Shipped asynchronous job execution and real-time environment health panels
- **2026-02** — Partnered with Citwell on supply chain AI solutions
- **2026-04** — Partnered with Virtas Partners on financial consulting transformation

## Links

- Website: https://rapidcanvas.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulpangam/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rapidcanvas
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0-_smp1lyg

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Last updated: 2026-07-08