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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CTO.\n\nPranab Krishnan co-founded Zeal with Kirti Shenoy in 2019 and is its CTO. Zeal grew out of Puzzl, a gig staffing company, and makes an API that lets other platforms build and embed payroll. It went through Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranab-krishnan\n\n## What Pranab builds\n\n- [Zeal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeal.md), graded E, 45.7/100, in Payroll infrastructure. Zeal is an embedded payroll API for US staffing platforms, labour marketplaces and workforce software. Partners create employer companies, onboard W-2 employees and 1099 contractors, create pay cheques and contractor payments, preview payroll and pull reports. Co-founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Kirti Shenoy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kirti-shenoy/), Co-founder and CEO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Spark Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/spark-capital/)\n- [Commerce Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/commerce-ventures/)\n- [Jason Gardner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jason-gardner/)\n- [Omri Dahan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/omri-dahan/)\n- [Vlad Tenev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vlad-tenev/)\n- [Mitch Dauerman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mitch-dauerman/)\n- [Bob Manne](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bob-manne/)\n- [Matt Straz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/matt-straz/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Pranab Krishnan?\n\nPranab Krishnan co-founded Zeal with Kirti Shenoy in 2019 and is its CTO. Zeal grew out of Puzzl, a gig staffing company, and makes an API that lets other platforms build and embed payroll. It went through Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch.\n\n### What does Puzzl Group Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Zeal from Puzzl Group Inc.. Zeal is an embedded payroll API for US staffing platforms, labour marketplaces and workforce software. Partners create employer companies, onboard W-2 employees and 1099 contractors, create pay cheques and contractor payments, preview payroll and pull reports.\n\n### Who has invested in Puzzl Group Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Spark Capital, Commerce Ventures, Jason Gardner, Omri Dahan, Vlad Tenev, Mitch Dauerman, Bob Manne and Matt Straz.\n\n### How are Pranab's tools graded?\n\nZeal is graded E, 45.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.zeal.com/about\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirti-shenoy-9501a8145\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranab-krishnan\n- https://www.zeal.com/\n- https://www.zeal.com\n- https://support.zeal.com\n- https://support.zeal.com/articles/3287642555-get-support\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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