Joy Patel

AI + Finance = Ngon AI

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Startup founder & ex-Googler with deep expertise in ML, product, and engineering. Proven track record of building and scaling AI products in various industries (e.g. enterprise, finance, healthcare, legal, agriculture) with multiple successful exits.

Experience

  • Co-Founder at Ngon AI
    2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    Building AI crafted for finance.

  • Founder at Principify
    2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Principify is my AI Studio through which I offer founders, enterprises, and investors personalized services to advise and consult on all things AI such as: • Hands on AI software engineering work • Due diligence on AI companies and products • Guiding engineering AI initiatives (best practices, office hours) and ML hiring

  • Plenful (San Francisco Bay Area)
    • Co-Founder & Advisor
      2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    • Co-Founder & CTO
      2020 - 2023 · 3 yrs

      Plenful leverages modern AI to automate manual administrative work in healthcare, such as document processing, claims management, and more. I architected Plenful's healthcare AI workflow automation platform and ML features (e.g. NLP / LLM models), built out the engineering team, iterated with customers, and grew the company from zero to product-market fit to millions in revenue and fundraising (via Bessemer Venture Partners and other top-tier healthcare VC funds).

  • Angel Investor (Angel Squad) at Hustle Fund
    2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • TensorCase (San Francisco Bay Area)
    • Co-Founder & Advisor
      2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Co-Founder & CTO
      2024 - 2025 · 1 yr

      TensorCase is a vertical SaaS AI platform to streamline workplace investigations, e.g. tasks such as evidence analysis, report drafting, and more. I incubated TensorCase from the ground up, built out the AI platform, iterated with customers, and drove the company to product-market fit, profitability, and cash-flow positivity.