Srihan Balaji is Co-Founder and CEO of Protent, a Y Combinator-backed AI safety startup transforming passive surveillance into proactive public safety intelligence.

Srihan previously worked at Lockheed Martin Research and AWS, where he deployed reinforcement learning-optimized video intelligence in classified defense environments.

His deep expertise in RL-driven computer vision and his experience building mission-critical systems in high-stakes environments uniquely positions him to tackle proactive threat detection at scale.

Prior to Protent, Srihan co-founded the International Biology Bowl in 2021, an organization dedicated to increasing interest in biological sciences among high school students worldwide.

Protent has raised $500K in Seed funding and targets law enforcement agencies, stadium operators, transit hubs, and corporate campus security teams with real-time predictive threat intelligence.