{
  "data": null,
  "kind": "anchor.page",
  "links": {
    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/prasanna-sankar/",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/prasanna-sankar/index.json",
    "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/prasanna-sankar/index.md",
    "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp",
    "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/prasanna-sankar/index.min.md"
  },
  "markdown": "Co-founder and former CTO, Rippling.\n\nPrasanna Sankar co-founded Rippling and was its CTO from its founding. He was earlier the first engineer on Zenefits Payroll and founded LikeALittle, and he is now a co-founder of Vorflux.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/myprasanna\n- X: https://x.com/myprasanna\n\n## What Prasanna builds\n\n- [Rippling](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rippling.md), graded C, 60.9/100, in HR \u0026 employee operations. Rippling is a workforce platform for HR, payroll, IT and spend. Its REST Platform API v2 reads and writes worker, time off and organisation data with scoped Bearer tokens. A first-party MCP server runs as the signed-in employee. Co-founder and former CTO, Rippling, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Parker Conrad](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/parker-conrad/), Co-founder and CEO, Rippling\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Kleiner Perkins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/)\n- [Initialized Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/initialized-capital/)\n- [Threshold Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/threshold-ventures/)\n- [Founders Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/founders-fund/)\n- [Greenoaks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greenoaks/)\n- [Coatue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/coatue/)\n- [Bedrock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bedrock/)\n- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)\n- [Elad Gil](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/elad-gil/)\n- [Sands Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sands-capital/)\n- [GIC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gic/)\n- [Goldman Sachs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/goldman-sachs/)\n- [Baillie Gifford](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/baillie-gifford/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Prasanna Sankar?\n\nPrasanna Sankar co-founded Rippling and was its CTO from its founding. He was earlier the first engineer on Zenefits Payroll and founded LikeALittle, and he is now a co-founder of Vorflux.\n\n### What does People Center, Inc. dba Rippling make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Rippling from People Center, Inc. dba Rippling. Rippling is a workforce platform for HR, payroll, IT and spend. Its REST Platform API v2 reads and writes worker, time off and organisation data with scoped Bearer tokens. A first-party MCP server runs as the signed-in employee.\n\n### Who has invested in People Center, Inc. dba Rippling?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, Initialized Capital, Threshold Ventures, Founders Fund, Greenoaks, Coatue, Bedrock, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil, Sands Capital, GIC, Goldman Sachs and Baillie Gifford.\n\n### How are Prasanna's tools graded?\n\nRippling is graded C, 60.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.rippling.com/\n- https://www.rippling.com/company/contact\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rippling\n- https://www.rippling.com/about\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Conrad\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",
  "meta": {
    "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)",
    "attributionRequired": true,
    "credit": "CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link the page or API address you took it from (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)",
    "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/",
    "generatedAt": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/",
    "methodology": "0.7",
    "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json",
    "preview": false,
    "run": "2026-10-01",
    "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
    "terms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data"
  },
  "page": {
    "breadcrumbs": [
      {
        "name": "Home",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/"
      },
      {
        "name": "People building AI tools",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Prasanna Sankar",
        "url": ""
      }
    ],
    "description": "Prasanna Sankar is co-founder and former CTO of Rippling. Rippling on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.",
    "facts": null,
    "h1": "Prasanna Sankar",
    "image": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/assets/og/default.png",
    "path": "/people/prasanna-sankar/",
    "published": "",
    "section": "people",
    "title": "Prasanna Sankar, Co-founder and former CTO, Rippling | Anchor Terminal",
    "toc": null,
    "updated": "2026-10-28",
    "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/prasanna-sankar/"
  },
  "tokens": {
    "markdown": 1100,
    "slim": 830
  },
  "version": 1
}