# Sandeep Panda

> Sandeep Panda is the Co-Founder and CTO of Hashnode, a developer-first blogging and community platform that lets software engineers own their content and publish on custom domains. Founded in 2016 alongside Syed Fazle Rahman, Hashnode has grown to serve 3M+ monthly readers and 10M+ monthly views, backed by Sequoia Capital India's Surge, Salesforce Ventures, and angel investors including Naval Ravikant and Guillermo Rauch (Vercel). A graduate of IIIT Bhubaneswar with a background in web development and technical writing, Sandeep has authored books on AngularJS and HTML5, and is now building Bug0, an AI-native end-to-end testing platform.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CTO at Hashnode
- **Organizations:** Hashnode, Bug0, devmag.io
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, IIIT Bhubaneswar
- **Known for:** Co-founded Hashnode, now serving 3M+ monthly readers and 60,000+ active developer blogs, Raised $9.37M total funding from Sequoia Capital India's Surge, Salesforce Ventures, Accel, and angels including Naval Ravikant, Authored 'AngularJS: Novice to Ninja' and co-authored 'Jump Start HTML5' for SitePoint

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Graduated IIIT Bhubaneswar; began career as trainee software engineer
- **2014** — Co-founded devmag.io with Syed Fazle Rahman, a developer content discovery platform
- **2015** — Authored 'AngularJS: Novice to Ninja' and co-authored 'Jump Start HTML5'
- **2016** — Co-founded Hashnode with Syed Fazle Rahman; initially bootstrapped while holding other jobs
- **2020** — Hashnode crossed 1M+ monthly active users; pivoted focus fully to the platform
- **2021** — Raised $2.1M seed led by Sequoia Capital India's Surge, then $6.7M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures in August
- **2022-2023** — Expanded Hashnode with GraphQL public APIs, headless CMS capabilities, and AI-powered writing tools
- **2024** — Launched 'Docs by Hashnode' for API documentation and product guides; made Hashnode AI free for all users
- **2024-2025** — Co-founded Bug0, an AI-native end-to-end testing platform for modern applications
- **2025** — Hashnode reaches 3M+ monthly readers and 10M+ monthly views

## Achievements

- Co-founded Hashnode, now serving 3M+ monthly readers and 60,000+ active developer blogs
- Raised $9.37M total funding from Sequoia Capital India's Surge, Salesforce Ventures, Accel, and angels including Naval Ravikant
- Authored 'AngularJS: Novice to Ninja' and co-authored 'Jump Start HTML5' for SitePoint
- Built Hashnode into a platform used by engineers at major tech companies worldwide
- Launched Headless Hashnode - a developer-first CMS competing with enterprise solutions
- Attracted angels including Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Des Traynor (Intercom), and Naval Ravikant

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Hashnode revenue reaches ₹6.28 Cr annually; platform crosses 10M monthly views
- **2024-12** — Bug0 (AI-native E2E testing platform) active development as co-founder & CEO
- **2024-09** — Launched Docs by Hashnode - API documentation and product guides engine
- **2024-02** — Launched Headless Hashnode with Docker support, competing in headless CMS market
- **2023-08** — Hashnode public GraphQL APIs launched, enabling deeper integrations

## Links

- Website: https://sandeep.dev/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeep92
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sandeepg33k
- GitHub: https://github.com/panda-sandeep

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Last updated: 2026-05-23