Hi, I’m Prady Modukuru | Founder
Welcome.
I try to think deeply, bias towards action, and chase curiosity.
About me
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Explore what I’ve built, how I think, and why I wake up inspired.
BIO
I’m a 2x founder, ex-AI product manager at Microsoft Security Research + MSR, and computer engineer obsessed w/ networks of people + products.
I started tinkering as a kid and let my passion for building consume me. I minted myself as a computer engineer at Purdue University where I built + studied systems – dabbling in cryptography, psychology, and economics. Before startups, I helped incubate, launch, and scale AI-powered cybersecurity products at Microsoft impacting over 500M consumers + $1T worth of publicly traded companies – and became the youngest product leader in my org.
As a technologist, I love to build at the bleeding edge of technology. As a humanist, I’m driven to create simple, intuitive experiences. As an operator, I strive to build coalitions that create + scale impact.
Skills
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Product Strategy
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Product Wireframing
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User Research + Story Mapping
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Product Design*
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Data Driven Analysis
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Market Analysis + GTM
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Deal Making
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Sales*
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Team Building
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Leadership*
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*actively sharpening skill
product principles
Resume & Work History
Mar 2023 - Present
sync. labs
[founder & CEO]
Building generative models to modify + synthesize humans in video.
[Currently on a mission to visually dub any video into any language in realtime.]
Mar 2023 - Present
sunya.xyz
[Founder & CEO]
A generative digital collectibles platform for e-commerce helping brands supercharge brand awareness, activate their communities, and go viral in web 2+3.
[launched, scaled, and killed by Meta ☠️ lesson: don't build businesses built on experimental features in big tech]
Jan 2022 - March 2023
sunya collective
[Cofounder & Product Builder]
Built + led a web3 product studio of 10x artists, engineers, and designers exploring the intersection b/w fashion x web3.
[Tokenised + secured $500k+ of luxury products; built industry partnerships across a major diamond manufacturer, chip fabricator, design studio, web3 marketplace, and advisory board of seasoned operators.]
Nov 2020 - Jan 2022
Oneself
[Cofounder & Head of Product]
Designed + launched a social platform scaling behavioral health resources by building communities around practices attracting 5 providers + 850 patients.
[Thesis: in the face of exploding demand and diminishing supply of behavioral health resources, empowering peer support is critical to making preventative care accessible to all.]
Apr 2021 - Jul 2021
What If Ventures
[Venture Fellow]
Graduated from What If Ventures Fellowship program. Mental Health Startup 101 w/ strong community, culminating in a Demo Day with 300+ investors.
[Learned from seasoned startup operators, investors, policymakers, behavioral health professionals, and a cohort of exceptional founders shaping the future of behavioral healthcare.]
Aug 2018 - Apr 2021
Microsoft Security Research
[AI Product Manager]
Drove product vision, strategy, and execution for a cross-geo cybersecurity product team of engineers, researchers, data scientists, and designers – becoming the youngest product leader in my org.
[Incubated, launched, and scaled AI-powered products to protect enterprise customers in a violently evolving threat landscape.]
Mar 2020 - Sep 2020
Qknow
[Product Specialist]
Consulted w/ founding team to improve + scale company learning platform helping employees know more and teach others, simply.
[Built + launched new features to achieve strategic company goals; increased DAU 9% MoM, engagement by 19%, and retention by 7%; closed + onboarded three new customers; learned what it takes to close a sale + build customer trust.]
May 2017 - Aug 2017
Cisco
[Software Engineering Intern]
My org. faced a gnarly replatforming effort, so I built a full-stack debugging tool to identify API bottlenecks, resolve bugs, and reduce data discrepancies to within a 3% margin.
[Learned how early architecture decisions can make or break a product during scale.]
May 2016 - Aug 2016
GE Aviation
[Digital Technology Leadership Intern]
Engineers + analysts struggled with data discovery in our 8+ pb data lake, so I designed, built, and launched Sonar – a secure, simple to use data dictionary tool.
[Drove 50%+ MoM growth by evangelizing early users, launching a weekly product update newsletter, and mysteriously leaving Sonar stickers around the office. Won top intern of the class ⚡️]
May 2015 - Aug 2015
IBM
[Software Engineering Intern]
Built data masking, security, and recovery features for Talend, a test data management platform.
[Lived in my first + last cubicle.]
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
-Arthur C. Clarke
Let’s create magic.
Portfolio
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(Coming soon)
It’s funny how the things we make actually make us into who we are + who we’re meant to be. This is a collection of case studies on products / systems I’ve built over the years + what I've learned from each. They range from my professional life to side hustles + hackathons. Enjoy my journey.
