---
type: Person
title: Priya Nadkarni
description: Founder and CEO of Larkspur.
resource: raw/announcement.md
tags:
- larkspur
- executive
- founder
timestamp: '2026-07-16T14:53:35Z'
citadel_version: 0.3.0
---

Priya Nadkarni is the founder and CEO of [Larkspur](../organizations/larkspur.md).[^s1]

Before founding Larkspur, Nadkarni worked in analytics infrastructure at several larger
companies, where she kept running into the same problem: products that called themselves
"real-time" but never actually felt real-time.[^s2] In 2021, she and a small founding group set
out in Lisbon to build the tool they wished existed — the effort that became
[Larkspur](../organizations/larkspur.md) and [Skylight](../systems/skylight.md).[^s2]

Announcing the general availability of [Skylight](../systems/skylight.md) 2.0 on 1 April 2026,
Nadkarni said: "Skylight 2.0 is the version we always wanted to ship. Bringing it to three
regions means teams around the world get the same real-time experience close to home."[^s1]

In a 14 July 2026 interview on The Build Loop podcast, Nadkarni described Larkspur's team as
deliberately small — 28 people at the time — and argued that the pressure of staying lean is
part of why the product is good.[^s3]

## Style profile

- **Warm, informal opener that positions herself as a fan of the show.** "Thanks Alex, big fan
  of the show. Happy to be here."[^s4]
- **Confident and declarative, stands by bold claims when pushed back on.** "It is, and I'll
  stand behind it."[^s5]
- **Repeats short phrases for emphasis, then explains the business logic plainly.** "This is the
  part people don't believe. We've been profitable since our first month. First month."[^s6]

## See also

- [Larkspur](../organizations/larkspur.md)
- [Skylight](../systems/skylight.md)

## Sources

[^s1]: [raw/announcement.md](../../raw/announcement.md), lines 19-21 — founder/CEO byline and launch quote (ingested 2026-07-15)
[^s2]: [raw/interview-transcript-founder.md](../../raw/interview-transcript-founder.md), line 13 — founding story: prior analytics-infra background, 2021, Lisbon (ingested 2026-07-14)
[^s3]: [raw/interview-transcript-founder.md](../../raw/interview-transcript-founder.md), line 21 — current team size and leanness philosophy (ingested 2026-07-14)
[^s4]: [raw/interview-transcript-founder.md](../../raw/interview-transcript-founder.md), line 9 — opening remark (ingested 2026-07-14)
[^s5]: [raw/interview-transcript-founder.md](../../raw/interview-transcript-founder.md), line 29 — confident, stands-by-claims style (ingested 2026-07-14)
[^s6]: [raw/interview-transcript-founder.md](../../raw/interview-transcript-founder.md), lines 33-37 — repetition and plain framing of business discipline (ingested 2026-07-14)
