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Ritesh Malpani

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Co-Founder at Benchspan
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Ritesh is the Co-founder of Benchspan, a Y Combinator-backed startup focused on AI agent security. His background includes software engineering roles at Bloomberg, Amazon, and American Express, where he specialized in AI and ML infrastructure. He holds both a Bachelors and a Masters degree from Georgia Institute of Technology.

He embarked on his entrepreneurial journey with his former college roommate, Avi Arora, with whom he still lives. This long-standing friendship forms the foundation of their professional partnership, showcasing a blend of personal trust and shared technical vision in their work.

Unique fact: Ritesh co-founded his company with his random college roommate from eight years ago, and they are still roommates today.

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Experience
3 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Priorities

Topics Ritesh cares about

AI Agent Security
His company, Benchspan, was founded to solve what he sees as the number one reason enterprise AI deployments stall: a lack of trust and security.
Prompt Injection
He actively shares content about the superiority of Benchspan's technology in detecting and winning against various prompt injection evaluation tests.
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Career

Work history

3-2026
Co-Founder
Benchspan
7-2023 - 3-2026
Software Engineer
Bloomberg
5-2022 - 8-2022
Software Development Engineer
Amazon
6-2021 - 8-2021
Software Engineer
American Express
6-2020 - 9-2020
Software Developer
PennyMac Loan Services, LLC
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Media appearances

Benchspan: Agent Benchmarks in Minutes, Not Hours — Clauday. Featured in Clauday
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Education
1-2022 - 5-2023
Master of Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
2018 - 2022
Bachelor's degree
Georgia Institute of Technology
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