# Ashwin Sreenivas

> Ashwin Sreenivas is the co-founder and president of Decagon, the San Francisco company building AI agents for customer experiences. A Stanford-trained computer scientist and former Helia co-founder, he helped take Decagon from apartment meetings and extensive buyer interviews to a global enterprise business.

- **Role:** Co-founder & President at Decagon
- **Organizations:** Decagon, Helia, Palantir Technologies, Stanford University
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Stanford University, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Helia, acquired by Scale AI in 2020., Co-founded Decagon and helped reach $1 million in annual recurring revenue before the first employee was hired., Helped build Decagon through its January 2026 $250 million Series D funding at a $4.5 billion company valuation.

## Career timeline

- **2013–2017** — Studied computer science at Stanford University and earned a bachelor’s degree.
- **2018–2019** — Earned a computer science master’s degree at Stanford; co-founded video AI startup Helia with former classmates.
- **2020** — Helia was acquired by Scale AI.
- **2023** — Co-founded Decagon with Jesse Zhang.
- **2024** — Decagon announced its Series A, identifying Sreenivas as co-founder and CTO.
- **2026-01** — Decagon announced $250 million in Series D funding at a $4.5 billion valuation.
- **2026-09** — As co-founder and president, wrote about Decagon’s expansion in Benelux and the Rituals deployment.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Helia, acquired by Scale AI in 2020.
- Co-founded Decagon and helped reach $1 million in annual recurring revenue before the first employee was hired.
- Helped build Decagon through its January 2026 $250 million Series D funding at a $4.5 billion company valuation.
- LinkedIn lists the Frederick Terman Engineering Scholastic Award, Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi honors.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Wrote that Decagon is building a local Benelux team and described Rituals’ agent expansion to 19 countries and 15 languages.
- **2026-04** — Published an explanation of why Decagon built Duet on Agent Operating Procedures.
- **2026-01** — Decagon announced a $250 million Series D and a $4.5 billion valuation.

## Links

- Website: https://decagon.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreenivasashwin
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/AshwinSreenivas

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Last updated: 2026-09-29