# Anand Tumuluru

> Anand Tumuluru is the San Francisco-based co-founder and CEO of Loop AI, a restaurant back-office software company founded in 2022. His background spans AI research, enterprise systems at Flipkart, engineering at Uber and restaurant ownership. Loop announced a $14 million Series A led by Nyca Partners in February 2026 to expand its products and team.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Loop AI
- **Organizations:** Loop AI, Uber, Flipkart, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- **Known for:** Co-authored Fully Automatic Semantic MT Evaluation, published at WMT in 2012., First author of a 2012 PACLIC paper on lexical similarity for semantic machine-translation evaluation., Co-founded Loop AI, which reported serving more than 300 brands across thousands of U.S. locations in its February 2026 funding announcement.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Co-authored two machine-translation evaluation papers with Chi-kiu Lo and Dekai Wu, affiliated with HKUST’s Human Language Technology Center.
- **2012** — Began building ERP systems at Flipkart, according to his account in a Restaurant Technology Guys interview.
- **Before 2022** — Worked in fintech and then as an engineer at Uber; also started a restaurant with friends in India.
- **2022** — Co-founded Loop AI with Sundar Annamalai and Vinod Pachipulusu.
- **2024** — Presented the Most Loved Delivery Brand award to Nekter Juice Bar at the Fast Casual Top 100 gala in Chicago.
- **2026** — Loop AI announced a $14 million Series A led by Nyca Partners on February 2.

## Achievements

- Co-authored Fully Automatic Semantic MT Evaluation, published at WMT in 2012.
- First author of a 2012 PACLIC paper on lexical similarity for semantic machine-translation evaluation.
- Co-founded Loop AI, which reported serving more than 300 brands across thousands of U.S. locations in its February 2026 funding announcement.
- Led Loop AI through its announced $14 million Series A in February 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — A Paraform customer story reported 13 Loop AI hires in four months, including two directors, and described a shift toward building functional teams.
- **2026-02** — Appeared on Restaurant Technology Guys to discuss delivery strategy and Loop AI.
- **2026-02** — Loop AI announced a $14 million Series A led by Nyca Partners, with Osama Bedier joining the board; proceeds were intended for product expansion and hiring.
- **2026-01** — Discussed delivery economics and changing restaurant discovery habits on Bloomberg Intelligence’s Choppin’ It Up podcast.

## Links

- Website: https://www.loopai.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandkarthik/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22