# Sami Senapathy

> Sami (Sahitya) Senapathy is the solo founder and CEO of Endeavor AI, a San Francisco startup applying generative AI agents to the back-office and front-office grind of American factories and distributors. He started coding as a kid, built a FEMA disaster-response app in sixth grade, worked at the Air Force Research Lab at 16, interned at AWS, and shipped Palantir's first commercialized generative AI product in 2023 before launching Endeavor from his University of Pennsylvania dorm room and raising a $7M seed led by Craft Ventures.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Endeavor AI
- **Organizations:** Endeavor AI, Palantir Technologies, Amazon Web Services, US Air Force Research Lab, FEMA
- **From:** Michigan, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Dual degree, Business and Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School + Computer Science), High school, St. Mark's School of Texas
- **Known for:** Invented and shipped Palantir's first commercialized generative AI product (2023), Raised a $7M seed round from Craft Ventures as a solo founder before finishing college, Built a FEMA disaster-response app in sixth grade and won a $5,000 Army grant

## Career timeline

- **~age 11** — Built a FEMA disaster-response application as a sixth grader; won a $5,000 grant from the Army
- **middle school** — Math Olympiad semifinalist
- **age 16** — Worked on deep reinforcement learning at the US Air Force Research Lab; obtained a Secret security clearance
- **~2020** — Interned at AWS working on Amazon Q and LLM infrastructure
- **2023** — At Palantir, built and shipped the company's first commercialized generative AI product; led a Fortune 500 manufacturing implementation
- **2024** — Founded Endeavor AI from his University of Pennsylvania dorm room; met Craft Ventures' Jeff Fluhr at the HackAIthon in June
- **2024-10** — Raised a $7M seed round led by Craft Ventures

## Achievements

- Invented and shipped Palantir's first commercialized generative AI product (2023)
- Raised a $7M seed round from Craft Ventures as a solo founder before finishing college
- Built a FEMA disaster-response app in sixth grade and won a $5,000 Army grant
- Math Olympiad semifinalist
- Earned a Secret security clearance at age 16 at the Air Force Research Lab
- Assembled an advisory board of 40+ industry veterans including David Sacks, Jack Altman and Joe Montana

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Closed a $7M seed round led by Craft Ventures (David Sacks, Jeff Fluhr, Brian Murray)
- **2025** — Endeavor AI grew to ~39 employees, positioning as the AI platform for suppliers and distributors with quoting, order entry and sales analytics

## Links

- Website: https://endeavor.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sami-senapathy
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/sahitYAML
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QifmsSNh89s

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Last updated: 2026-06-21