Pradeep Elankumaran
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RECENT WRITING

Running 4B+ models on Apple's Neural Engine My Coding Agent Watches Me Get Frustrated, Then Fixes Itself pi-mem: surprisingly useful plain-md memory for the pi coding agent camofox-browser: An OpenClaw Browser That Doesn't Get Blocked safe-skill-search: Quality-Filtered Local Search for Agent Skills

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ABOUT

Hacker since 2000. I build teams that ship joyful consumer products (usually from scratch). I work with like-minded folk who prize quality, skill, speed and courage.

I solo backpack, make landscape photos, and read a lot of fiction.

PROJECTS

jo (YC W24) — Co-founded with Kevin Li. After six months talking to LLMs for hours a day, I started building an AI that lives on your computer. Nascent.
Farmstead (YC S16) — Co-founded with Kevin Li. My daughter turned two and started drinking a lot of milk. I found myself at the grocery store 3-4x a week. Posted on Nextdoor asking if anyone wanted milk, eggs, and bread delivered—200 people said yes in two days. Built a vertically integrated AI grocer that cut food waste from ~30% to 1.5%. Grew to 5 markets, double-digit millions in revenue, and a 200-person team of technologists, operators, drivers, and warehouse staff.
Kicksend (YC S11) — Co-founded with Brendan Lim. Photo prints delivered to your door. Featured on the Today Show. Millions of users, millions in revenue, and partnerships with CVS, Target, Walgreens, Walmart. Acquired by Lyft.
Lyft — Stayed on after acquisition. Driver growth, unlocking conversion in major markets.

OPEN SOURCE

ane.cpp — LLM inference on Apple's Neural Engine, bypassing CoreML. Companion field guide documents 40+ ANE experiments. Blog post.
camofox-browser — Headless browser that doesn't get blocked. C++ fingerprint spoofing via Camoufox. Blog post.
pi-reflect — Your pi agent watches you get frustrated, then rewrites its own rules. Blog post.
pi-mem — Persistent memory for pi. Three tiers of plain Markdown, no vector DB. Blog post.