In May 2016, Sitaraman made headlines when, at age 18, he graduated from the University of Arizona and his company was funded by Seed Sumo,[1] a startup accelerator in Bryan, Texas.

"[10] Sitaraman co-founded KorkBoard, a digital event bulletin mobile app striving to build stronger campus communities.

In August 2015, Sitaraman launched a crowdfunding campaign[12] to scale Draw Science into an academic publishing organization focused on creation of graphical abstracts.

Graphics created by the Draw Science team have been featured in Newsweek,[13] VICE,[14] and Gizmodo[15] and clientele including Hillary Clinton, American Scientist, and Soylent.

[16] Sitaraman has made several press appearances including Forbes,[4][3][2] NPR/Public Media,[17] Inc.,[18] Business Insider,[6][19] The Huffington Post,[7][20] and Times Highered Education,[8] as well as several regional news publications.