Background
Vipul Ved Prakash grew up in New Delhi, India.
Vipul Ved Prakash grew up in New Delhi, India.
He played competitive Table Tennis, and attended Saint Stephen"s College, Delhi for undergraduate studies in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, but dropped out to pursue his interests in software design.
In 2013, Topsy was acquired by Apple Incorporated. The acquisition was reported to be valued over $200M. In early 2000s, Prakash became widely known for creating Vipul"s Razor, a popular open-source anti-spam system. He was named to the list of Top 100 young innovators in the world by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Technology Review for this work on anti-spam.