Arun Saigal
Mexico City
Summary
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SeniorArun Saigal is a noted software entrepreneur and educator focused on democratizing app development through no-code platforms. As co-founder and CEO of Thunkable since 2016, he has built a tool that lets creators design, develop, and publish native Android, iOS, and Web apps without writing code, reaching over 3 million people in 184 countries and powering more than 7 million apps. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30, he combines deep engineering talent with a passion for community impact, drawing on experience at Google, Khan Academy, Quizlet, and MIT to drive product and platform innovation. He holds SB and MEng degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, with an AI concentration, and serves on MIT's Corporation Development Committee, reflecting a blend of technical leadership and strategic governance. His early work includes hands-on front-end development for educational platforms like Khan Academy, underscoring a sustained focus on accessible learning and scalable interfaces. Based in San Francisco, he continues to push the frontier of no-code tools and education technology, turning ideas into broadly accessible software solutions.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (5)
javascript10
javascripts10
jquery9
css4
html4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Khan/khan-exercises
May 2012 - Jul 2012
A (deprecated) framework for building exercises to work with Khan Academy.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Arun primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and improving the user experience of the Khan Academy exercises. They implemented functionality to disable the "Check Answer" button when the input field is empty, and enabled it via keypress. The changes also incorporated fixes for whitespace and addressed merge conflicts. They also made minor changes related to custom stack IDs.
khan-academy
quizlet/facebook-android-sdk
Jan 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
facebook-sdkandroidsdkfacebook
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