Anirudh Venu

I'm a product manager. I was the founding PM at Arcana, acquired by Avail (backed by Founders Fund) in 2025. Currently figuring out what to work on next.

Before that, I worked on security for Oracle Database, used by every Fortune 500 company.

I studied physics and electronics engineering at BITS Pilani. Along the way, I worked at India's largest nuclear power plant, did quantum information research at NTU Singapore, and machine learning research at NUS.

Out in the real world, you might catch me on a padel or basketball court. Otherwise, I'm always on the lookout for new music, and for essays that could've been books but wisely aren't.

Writing

Currently

Reading
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
Black Bag by Luke Kennard
On rotation
Songs for the Spine by The Royston Club
Recommending
Why China got rich and India didn't by David Oks