Curious. Always learning. Engineering @Rippling. Previously @getsimpl, @gojektech.
Bangalore, India
Joined October 2013
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Rippling is on a roll. The company added more than $150M in net new ARR in Q3, with Rippling AI playing a significant role in that growth.
For the first episode of our new series, Leaders, we sat down with @parkerconrad to talk about what's next for Rippling AI and the future of enterprise software.
Parker shares why @Rippling's compound software approach is particularly well suited for AI, why getting permissions right is critical to enterprise AI, and what it could mean for the way companies operate.
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Today we're launching @vorfluxai 2.0: AutoBots, 24x7 coworkers that live in Slack.
I previously co-founded @Rippling, now $10B+, engg team of 1000s. Engg changes crazy fast now.
IDE autocomplete > CLI > Cloud agents > multi-player slack agents
Models deliver predictably now. Bottleneck to parallelism is to initiate, keep track and ping the right people for approvals.
Hire from our directory of opinionated AutoBots or make a new one with a goal. Bring your Codex/Claude Code subscriptions and Vorflux is practically free.
We recently closed a $15M seed round for @vorfluxai backed by @ycombinator, @peakxvpartners, @alliancedao, along with incredible partners including @parkerconrad, @immad, @typesfast, @jake_zeller, @balajis, @nivi, @metakovan, @lmrankhan, @nikitabase, @0xrwu, @ayushjaiswal, @mattshumer_, @eshamanideep, @sreeramkannan, @dvcoolster, @nusimow, @TeddySolomon11, @ashtoncofer, @rvivek, and others.
Lmk which autobot you’d like to try and we’ll double your credits to try.
Chapters:
0:00 Introducing Vorflux 2.0
0:22 From manager to director
0:44 How an AutoBot works
1:04 Cloud setup
1:25 On-call AutoBot
1:42 Project manager AutoBot
2:03 Customer experience AutoBot
3:01 Designer AutoBot
3:52 Social AutoBot
4:51 Open and frontier models
5:23 Always-on agents
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Rippling is celebrating a remarkable business milestone. We added over $150mm in nnARR in a single quarter in Q3. A big part of that is the growth of Rippling AI.
I'm incredibly grateful to our employees and customers for believing in us - thank you.
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Very excited to have the Reprompt team onboard. @lukmartinelli and @robbalian have hit the ground running. Can't wait for you all to see what they're shipping in the coming weeks! (hint: Moarrr Agents!)
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It’s time! Registration for Rippling’s first-ever user conference, XFN, is now open!
AI is changing what’s possible in HR, IT, and Finance. A new kind of operator is emerging: someone who’s put AI to work on business-critical workflows, like payroll, compliance, and workforce design, so their people can move faster.
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The Tangaliya products are here. We have made our classic point collar shirt - The Jack, and the newest addittion to our artefact collection, a versatile Conte Jacket - The Sammy.
All the patrons who pre ordered teh Tangaliya, get to choose between the two. While the Shirt is great and can also double as an overshirt, I want to take a moment and talk about the jacket we have newly designed.
This Jacket is a true Behrupiya Jacket as @ku1deep likes to call it. It goes from a formal Bandhgala style Jacket, to a semi-casual band collar Jacket to a completely casual lapel jacket with rolled up sleeves in seconds. Designed as an everyday mix between a chore jacket and leisurewear, this is one Jacket I believe everyone must have in their wardrobe.
A very big thanks you to all the patrons who showed trust in us and pre-ordered without knowing how will it turn out. Personally, the products have turned out to be much better than I expected initially. For those who would like to order it now, the products are now live on @thelayerproject website for new orders.
🤖 Made with AI
if govt and judiciary can't even punish for rapes across country, probably this is what it should come down to. it's shocking that every rape criminal gets acquitted.
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Tangaliya is here and we are rolling it out slowly to all the patrons who pre ordered. The final fabric that we have received is phenomenal. We havent tested it yet but should be 250 gsm range, heavy and structured.
The yarns are handspun and then hand dyed that gives it the beautiful varying indigo shade. For the danas we have used white and yellow threads to minimise contrast instead of the traditional red threads.
In addition to the Shirt, we are also giving the option of a Jacket to everyone. Team @thelayerproject is designing a special Jacket silhouette that we feel will do justice to this fabric. The jacket will also be the perfect silhouette to transition between a casual and formal setting easily.
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Rippling AI is #1 in G2’s first-ever AI Agent for HR report, based entirely on customer reviews from people actually using it every day.
Turns out customers want AI that delivers traceable answers, respects permissions, and actually does the work. Not just half-baked guesses, but reliable results that save hours of manual work.
Try it yourself: rippling.com/platform/ai
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Where Nature Meets Modern Technology!
A Vande Bharat glides through an endless ocean of green, winding through the landscape, disappearing into the mist and emerging again.
#VandeBharatExpress
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3 weeks ago, @runlayer sued Rippling to block our launch of a competing MCP Gateway. They incinerated $ millions of their VC funding, then dropped the whole thing like a hot potato, for nothing (see our filing, below).
So today, we’re dropping our new MCP Gateway. It’s better. 1/
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As per the data am tracking, so far it seems like the real winners of SEBI's Closing Auction Session (CAS) is Arbitrage Mutual Funds.
They're buying stock cheap in cash market & selling it at a higher price in futures market.
The massive difference between spot & derivatives market is like a gold mine for these arbitrage funds.
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Launching @vorfluxai : The autopilot for software engineering. I was prev co-founder / CTO of @Rippling ($10B) and #1 coder in India. Vorflux is my high octane Ferrari.
Every AI coding tool still makes you fly the plane. That's the copilot model: you stay in the seat, approving every turn. The models quietly got good enough to fly the whole route, but the tools never caught up.
So we built the autopilot.
@vorfluxai raised a $15M seed by @ycombinator @peakxvpartners @alliancedao @parkerconrad @jake_zeller @balajis @nivi @metakovan @lmrankhan @nikitabase @0xrwu @ayushjaiswal @mattshumer_ @eshamanideep @sreeramkannan @dvcoolster @nusimow @TeddySolomon11 @ashtoncofer @rvivek etc
Drop your biggest engineering bottleneck below. I'll reply with how I'd attack it with Vorflux, and hand you $200 in free credits to bang out your backlog.
Our full thesis 🧵👇
Quite contrasting that my discussions with people in Bengaluru are generally around ideas, tech, business model, etc;
in Delhi/UP/Gurgaon, they hover around hard money and lifestyle; and typically with examples of how other people are doing.
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It’s been a minute.
2015–2018
- Exited FreeCharge. Spent time learning and investing.
- Pondered about: Why can't trust be rewarded? Started with $1M of personal capital.
- Launched CRED to reward people for paying credit card bills on time.
2019–2025
- Built a system run by a team that values ownership, judgment, and craft.
- Grew from 0 to 17M members by aligning incentives with behaviour.
- Built several products during COVID lockdowns.
- Raised $900M+ from global investors. Did 4 ESOP buybacks.
- Made Indiranagar and IPL ads slightly more interesting.
- Received a full stack of regulatory licences.
- Lost 35 kilos.
- Scaled from 0 to ~$325M ( ~₹3,200 crore) in annual revenue across payments, lending, insurance, commerce, wealth, and credit cards.
2026
- First profitable quarter (yet occasionally asked what our business model is)
- Raised another $900M from Meta in primary and secondary capital.
- Announcing our 5th ESOP buyback.
Today
CRED is ready for its next phase. I am stepping back and @miten steps in as interim CEO, partnered with an incredibly talented team. He has been heading strategy and finance and suffering me since 2020. I’m stepping away from the operating role and will continue as a shareholder. My commitment doesn’t change. Just the role.
Extremely grateful to our members, partners, regulators, and investors who made this possible. And to our board, Shailendra, Micky, Saurabh for their extraordinary conviction.
Team CRED, I’ll still expect you to be a 10x version of yourselves.
As for me, I’ll be joining Meta to lead WhatsApp globally.
Meta comes in as a minority investor in CRED. No access to member data.
While it’s come very far, the delta between WhatsApp today and its full potential is massive. I look forward to working with Mark, Chris, and the leadership across Meta for the next step in WhatsApp’s journey. Will, thank you for scaling something the world relies on quietly, and for making this transition smooth.
Onwards.