
Shankar Prabhu is the Founder & CEO of Dual7, an AI-native platform that takes teams from their first prompt to production-ready, governed software — covering the full delivery lifecycle with auditable code, full ownership, and no vendor lock-in. A repeat founder, he previously built and exited Brainvalley, a funded, cloud-based EdTech platform that scaled to a 50+ person team, 250+ clients, and 3M+ test-takers across India. He holds an MSc in Cyber Forensics and Information Security, a PGP in Cloud Computing from IIT Stuart School of Business, and AWS (Solutions Architect, Developer, SysOps, Cloud Practitioner) and CISA certifications. He's based in Toronto.