San Francisco Bay Area

Pranav Saji

AI Leader · Tech Entrepreneur
Engineer · Security

I build AI systems that create real business leverage - $50M+ in impact across Fortune 100 companies and high-growth startups. Head of AI Security at Symosis Security and Machine Learning Consultant at LinkedIn. Previously Deloitte.

Explore Pranav Saji's AI work across generative AI, LLMs, and agentic systems, or his focus on AI security.

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Pranav Saji - AI Leader and Tech Entrepreneur in San Francisco Bay Area
$50M+
Business impact delivered across clients & ventures
5+
AI companies founded, co-founded, or led as CTO / Head of Engineering
20+
Clients from Fortune 100 companies to multiple successful startups

Recent Experience

Latest roles and impact

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Head of AI Security

Symosis Security

Feb 2026 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
  • Building Security, ML, and GenAI workflows for security analytics, evidence-based risk scoring, and audit-ready reporting.
  • Engineering reliable SaaS API ingestion pipelines with strong operational hygiene: retries, rate limiting, pagination, and schema evolution handling.

Machine Learning Consultant

LinkedIn

Dec 2024 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
  • Leading LinkedIn InfoSec's Custom SSPM initiative on Azure Databricks, spanning 21+ applications across 50+ environments.
  • Designed and implemented a Python-based AI agent using LangChain to automate Jira-based InfoSec ticket triage - achieving 90% accuracy vs. a 70% target, delivering 2 quarters of time savings.

Co-Founder & CTO

Referrio.io

Feb 2025 - Aug 2025
San Francisco Bay Area
  • Architected and delivered an AI-powered dual-platform MVP in 2 months - 66% ahead of the planned 6-month timeline.
  • Built with Next.js, Node.js, Python, Prisma, Docker, GCP; deployed via Nginx and Cloudflare (WAF, CDN, SSL).

Technical Expertise

Core technology stack

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AI & Machine Learning

Generative AILangChainLLMsRAGTensorFlowPyTorch

Frontend Engineering

ReactNext.jsReact NativeTypeScriptTailwind CSSFlutter

Backend & APIs

Node.jsPythonFastAPIFlaskPrismaPostgreSQL

Frequently Asked Questions

About Pranav Saji and his work in AI and security

Who is Pranav Saji?

Pranav Saji is an AI Leader, Tech Entrepreneur, and Full-Stack Engineer based in San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently Head of AI Security at Symosis Security and Machine Learning Consultant at LinkedIn, with over $50M in business impact delivered across Fortune 500 clients and high-growth startups. Previously an Analyst at Deloitte serving Fortune 500 clients, and Founding Engineer at Flair Labs (Y Combinator F24).

What does Pranav Saji do?

Pranav Saji builds AI-first platforms and enterprise security systems. He leads AI security engineering at Symosis Security and heads LinkedIn's Custom SSPM initiative on Azure Databricks. He has co-founded multiple startups and led engineering teams across AI, full-stack, and cloud infrastructure domains.

Where is Pranav Saji located?

Pranav Saji is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA.

What companies has Pranav Saji worked with?

Pranav Saji has worked with LinkedIn (as ML Consultant), Deloitte (as Analyst serving Fortune 500 clients), and consulted for Fortune 500 enterprises and high-growth startups on AI security and machine learning initiatives. He also co-founded Referrio and served as Head of Engineering at BreatheIT, and was Founding Engineer at Flair Labs (YC F24).

What does Pranav Saji do in AI security?

Pranav Saji is Head of AI Security at Symosis Security, where he specializes in securing AI and LLM applications. His work covers prompt injection defense, agentic AI security, AI red teaming, Model Context Protocol (MCP) security, and RAG pipeline security. He writes and speaks regularly on the LLM threat landscape and how enterprises can deploy AI safely.

Is Pranav Saji an AI security expert?

Yes. Pranav Saji is an AI security expert and AI Leader based in San Francisco. He leads AI security engineering at Symosis Security, publishes research on LLM and agentic-AI threats, has been featured in HackerNoon and other security publications, and serves as a judge and speaker at AI hackathons and conferences.

Let's Connect

Open to collaborations, speaking engagements, and select advisory roles in AI and security.