# Shantanu Gangal

> Shantanu Gangal is co-founder and CEO of Prodigal, a Y Combinator-backed AI company in Mountain View building AI agents for consumer lending, loan servicing and collections. He previously led data science at Fundbox and worked at Blackstone and Boston Consulting Group. He holds a B.Tech from IIT Bombay and an MBA from Wharton.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Prodigal
- **Organizations:** Prodigal, Fundbox, Blackstone, Boston Consulting Group, Y Combinator (S18)
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Co-founded Prodigal, now serving major U.S. lenders and collections agencies, Raised $12M+ in venture funding from Menlo Ventures, Accel, and Y Combinator, Built the Prodigal Intelligence Engine (PIE) trained on over a billion consumer-finance interactions

## Career timeline

- **Pre-2015** — Worked at Boston Consulting Group and Blackstone
- **2015** — Joined Fundbox as Head of Data Science and Analytics (July 2015)
- **2018** — Co-founded Prodigal with Sangram Raje; joined Y Combinator Summer 2018 batch
- **2021** — Closed $12M Series A led by Menlo Ventures (with Accel)
- **2024-2026** — Scaled Prodigal's PIE intelligence engine to 1B+ consumer finance interactions; launched ProAgent for collections

## Achievements

- Co-founded Prodigal, now serving major U.S. lenders and collections agencies
- Raised $12M+ in venture funding from Menlo Ventures, Accel, and Y Combinator
- Built the Prodigal Intelligence Engine (PIE) trained on over a billion consumer-finance interactions
- Named to top 100 early-stage companies to work for (2022)

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Posted on LinkedIn about AI as job creator versus job snatcher, citing Prodigal's own hiring data.
- **2026-05** — Continues to lead Prodigal from Mountain View; PIE platform powering ProAgent, ProNotes (with Spanish support), and ProPay.

## Links

- Website: https://prodigaltech.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shantanugangal
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/shantanugangal
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shantanugangal/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/prodigalai

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Last updated: 2026-05-15