Pranav Ramesh (original) (raw)

Hi, I'm Pranav. I'm the founder of CTFGuide, the founder of Vyvern, and a senior at Penn State.

I love attending hackathons and learning new technologies. Some of my interests include cybersecurity, AI, and web development.

I recently won the "Best DEI Hack sponsored by Fidelity Investments" at PennApps XXV. You can learn more about the project that won here.

Fun Fact

Almost all my production services are deployed on a Homelab in my basement. It uses a custom proxy I built with Node.js and uses Cloudflare Tunnels to securely expose ports.

It has over 120GB of RAM and 4TB of storage. It has a dedicated battery backup that allows the server to run for 2 hours in case of a power outage. It can even switch over to a cellular connection if the internet is down.

Servers:

Homelab

My Homelab Setup

Work Experience

Founder, Software Engineer

Vyvern Corporation

August 2025 - Present

Building AI agents that protect organizations from social engineering attacks.

Software Engineer Intern

JPMorganChase&Co

June 2025 - August 2025

I worked on the Operations Technology team where I worked with Java, Springboot, Postgres, and Kafka.

Founder, Software Engineer

CTFGuide Corporation

Dec 2022 - Present

Raised funds from investors like Bullmont Capital and Penn State University. Designed and implemented the frontend using Figma, TailwindCSS, Next.js, and React.js, and developed the backend with Node.

Projects

Sera

PennApps XXV Hackathon Winner

09/20/24 - 09/22/24

An AI-powered finance app with personalized financial guidance, OCR receipt scanning, transaction management, and budgeting tools.

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InternHunt

2024

A platform that helps students find software engineering and tech internships. Features automated job discovery and application tracking.

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Comcast Inquire

Philly Codefest Winner

04/24/24 - 09/26/24

A chat interface to help with the sales and marketing of Comcast products. This project won Comcast's OpenAI Track at the Philly Codefest 2024.

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Docket

05/20/24 - Present

Manage fleets of containers across your own infrastructure. Built for CTFGuide's virtual terminal service.

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