AI infrastructure

Preloop

Website
Founded 2023Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Only 2 out of 10 ML models make it from experiment to production. Preloop helps automate the process of deployment, helping companies realize more value from their machine learning teams, while focusing teams' attention on science instead of engineering.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Tejas Hosangadi

Founder/CEO

Tejas is the co-founder and CEO of Preloop, a product that automatically translates ML experimental scripts into production services. Before Preloop, he worked at Amazon where he scaled a data science team from 0-1, delivering 4 projects in the first year and leading the expansion of the team. He also worked as a senior MLE at EvolutionIQ, where he made significant improvements to a predictive model in his first month, helping them land a long term contract with Prudential.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Nikith Hosangadi

Founder

Technical founder experienced in working with distributed systems and machine learning. Before Preloop, he worked as a software engineer at AWS, writing code in C and Java for the VPC team.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2023 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite unreachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSeattle, WA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

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