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# Prasanna Balaprakash
Building application-specific AI inference stacks as co-founder of PrimaLabs.

## About

Prasanna Balaprakash builds application-specific AI inference stacks. As the co-founder of PrimaLabs, he engineers environments that jointly optimize runtimes, caching, and GPU infrastructure for demanding production workloads.

Before starting his own company, he directed AI programs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, focusing on secure AI for scientific discovery. He previously spent years leading research in high-performance computing and optimization at Argonne National Lab.


## Upcoming Sessions

### World Congress 2026 North America · September 23, 2026
San José, CA
- [PrimaLabs: The Application-Specific AI Inference Stack](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1790-primalabs-the) · 5 min





## Links

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/prasannaprakash/)