Dhanush Rad

Dhanush Radhakrishnan

Dhanush Radhakrishnan is an accomplished mathematician turned entrepreneur who is making waves in the startup world. He is currently the CEO of Demigod, a company that empowers founders and creatives to build atomic habits and achieve work-life balance using an intelligent calendar and human coaching.

During his studies at New York University, Dhanush published nuclear fusion theory research in a top journal and designed and constructed an ion thruster in high school. He has interned at Roivant Sciences as a computational researcher and worked as a researcher in the theory department at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL).

Dhanush is seeking talented React Native engineers and mission-driven scientists and engineers who can quickly learn React Native for full-time positions at Demigod. He is also looking for part-time performance coaches who are fluent in English, personable, and have a basic knowledge or interest in psychology.

In addition to his work at Demigod, Dhanush previously co-founded an android company called Clone in 2021 with Lucas Kozlik.12 Clone aims to build musculoskeletal, general-purpose androids with human-level hands trained to perform common labor needed for daily life.2

Dhanush has received several honors and awards, including the EMTSEF Special Awards from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and National Space Society in 2012, and being a 4x ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair (EMTSEF) Finalist in 2010-2013 for his research project on the design, construction, and optimization of a magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster.2