Nilkanth is CTO at Pallet, where he leads product and engineering in building the AI-native supply chain management platform for enterprises. He began his career as a journalist at The New York Times before realizing his passion was building products. This pull carried him through roles as a product designer, founder, and software engineer. At DoorDash, he built and scaled the company's fraud systems, saving the business hundreds of millions annually. When the opportunity arose to join Pallet and use AI to transform the physical economy forever, he couldn't resist.