# Anoop Gupta

> Anoop Gupta is SeekOut’s co-founder and executive chairman, following a career as a Stanford computer science professor, VXtreme co-founder and Microsoft executive. His work spans parallel computing, streaming media, collaboration software and AI recruiting. Sean Thompson succeeded him as SeekOut CEO effective May 4, 2026.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Executive Chairman at SeekOut
- **Organizations:** SeekOut, Microsoft, Stanford University, VXtreme, Carnegie Mellon University
- **From:** Delhi, India
- **Education:** B.Tech., Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Ph.D., Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Known for:** President’s Gold Medal, IIT Delhi, 1980., NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990., Robert N. Noyce Faculty Scholar chair at Stanford, 1993-1994.

## Career timeline

- **1980** — Graduated from IIT Delhi with the President’s Gold Medal and moved to the US for graduate study.
- **1986** — Completed computer science PhD at Carnegie Mellon.
- **1987** — Joined Stanford faculty; later held tenure and co-led the DASH project with John Hennessy.
- **1995** — Co-founded VXtreme following work on Stanford’s Virtual Classroom project.
- **1997** — Joined Microsoft following its acquisition of VXtreme, announced August 5.
- **2001-2003** — Technology assistant to Bill Gates.
- **2003-2007** — Corporate Vice President, Unified Communications Group, Microsoft.
- **2007-2009** — Microsoft leadership in technology policy and strategy, education and Unlimited Potential.
- **2015** — Left Microsoft in November, as did Aravind Bala.
- **2016** — Developed messaging service Telo, later known as Nextio.
- **2017** — SeekOut recruiting business emerged from the messaging venture.
- **2022** — SeekOut announced $115 million Series C at $1.2 billion valuation; Gupta won GeekWire CEO of the Year.
- **2026** — Transition to SeekOut executive chairman effective May 4; Sean Thompson became CEO.

## Achievements

- President’s Gold Medal, IIT Delhi, 1980.
- NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990.
- Robert N. Noyce Faculty Scholar chair at Stanford, 1993-1994.
- Co-led the Stanford DASH multiprocessor project with John Hennessy.
- Co-authored Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware-Software Approach (1998) with David Culler and Jaswinder Pal Singh.
- More than 100 research papers and over 85 issued US patents, as reported by Microsoft Research.
- IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumni Award, 2003.
- GeekWire CEO of the Year, 2022.
- Named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2026 Mountain West finalist; no winner status asserted.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — SeekOut announced on April 16 that Sean Thompson would become CEO on May 4 and Gupta would transition to executive chairman.
- **2026-05** — Announced effective date of Gupta’s transition to executive chairman.

## Links

- Website: https://www.seekout.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanoop
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/anoopxgupta

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