

Vivek Pothineni
/vih-vayk poh-thih-nay-nee/I'm a builder interested in Product, but more specifically at the intersection of tech, design, and people.
Currently based in NYC working at Palantir.
Born and raised in Virginia - lived in India from 2-6, and attending college in Illinois at UIUC.
Building
Spotify Collage
Web app that makes you a phone wallpaper using your favorite music from the past month through Spotify. This is very scrappy but I want to see if it can go somewhere.
Chaticle
Chrome extension that provides a summary and lets you research an article on the news page itself. This was my first project and was a basic GPT wrapper, but led to a lot of cool cold emails and opportunities.
Seeken
Insert a podcast link and have access to detailed info on the books, people, and companies mentioned. Latest unfinalized project that I did with my 3 roommates from college. It was an excuse to actually learn database systems.
Ment
Insert a YouTube link and get a sentiment analysis through NLP of the top few hundred comments displayed by an interactive data visualization.
Career
Echo @ Palantir
25'Can't say yet. My career interests at the moment is to work in and on Product. This allows me to do that. I've liked the company for a long time. What I'll be doing? "Mix between product manager, software engineer and strategist..." - Palantir Blog
SWE Intern @ NFCU
24'Got my second gig at the world's largest credit union. First time working in a bureaucratic corporate company. Learned a lot about industry standards, the nuances of frontend, and what I do & don't want. Tons of respect for what they do, but it wasn't fulfilling enough for me.
SWE & PM @ BXT Partners LLC
23'Got my first gig at my dad's consulting firm. Rebuilt the ancient website in React.js and managed the project from interviewing stakeholders to a finished site. My first intro to web dev learning about design, frontend, and user experience.
School
UIUC, Computer Science & Economics
Taking electives related to AI/ML, data, decision-making, behavioral economics, and psychology
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Last updated: February 15, 2025