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Prayag Narula

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Co-Founder and CEO at Marvin
📍 Oakland, California, United States

Prayag is a serial entrepreneur and HCI researcher, currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Marvin, an AI-native customer insights platform. A YCombinator alumnus and UC Berkeley graduate, he previously founded and led LeadGenius. He is driven by a passion for building companies and tools that help organizations deeply understand their customers.

Prayag describes his work in research and design as his "lifes work" and is passionate about the builder community. He was motivated to start his second company, Marvin, to build something aligned with his values and to work with his "tribe" of researchers, designers, and product people.

Interesting fact: Prayag was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and holds a patent related to online outsourcing architecture.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Oakland, California, United States
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AI in Research
His company, Marvin, is an AI-native research repository. He frequently speaks about how AI is transforming qualitative data analysis and democratizing research within organizations.
Customer Understanding
This is a core theme in his work. He founded Marvin to solve the problem of fragmented customer feedback and help companies build more customer-centric products and cultures.
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Career

Work history

11-2020
Co-Founder and CEO
Marvin
4-2018 - 4-2020
President & Board Member
LeadGenius
4-2017
Co-Founder & Board Member
LeadGenius
6-2011 - 4-2018
Chief Executive Officer
LeadGenius
8-2010 - 6-2011
Graduate Student Instructor
University of California, Berkeley
In the press

Media appearances

Why Prayag Narula Built Hey Marvin to Fix the Research Chaos. Featured in YouTube
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Marvin: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Prayag Narula About The .... Featured in Pulse2
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Education
2010 - 2012
MS
University of California, Berkeley
2003 - 2007
B.E.
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
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YCombinator
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