# Chandra Kotaru

> Chandra Kotaru is the Laguna Beach-based founder and CEO of Mobius by Gaian. His career spans broadcast technology, content delivery and emergency alerting, with earlier work at DIRECTV, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Ericsson and Nagravision. He served on the FCC’s CSRIC VII and now leads a business focused on AI and digital transformation.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Mobius by Gaian
- **Organizations:** Mobius by Gaian, Gaian Solutions, Gaian Group, FCC Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council VII
- **Known for:** Named innovator for a cloud content delivery platform in a government innovation programme compendium., Served on FCC CSRIC VII, including three listed working groups in September 2019., Chief architect for an Indian tsunami and ocean-weather alerting platform, as described in his ATSC conference biography.

## Career timeline

- **Before Gaian** — Held technology architecture and innovation roles at DIRECTV, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Ericsson and Nagravision.
- **2006** — Founded Gaian Group, according to his Crunchbase profile.
- **2007** — Began his founder role at Gaian Solutions, according to his Crunchbase profile.
- **2015** — Named as innovator for a cloud content delivery platform in the DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme compendium.
- **2019** — Listed on FCC CSRIC VII and working groups on alert procedures, emerging 5G security and broadcast resiliency.
- **2019** — Featured in the October 24 NextGen TV Day presentation recording from WKAR.
- **2022** — Discussed Gaian’s receiver hardware and software and broadcast app development at CES; appeared on a NextGen TV monetization panel in Detroit.
- **2024** — Listed on the World Summit AI agenda for a presentation introducing Mobius’s no-code AI agent factory.

## Achievements

- Named innovator for a cloud content delivery platform in a government innovation programme compendium.
- Served on FCC CSRIC VII, including three listed working groups in September 2019.
- Chief architect for an Indian tsunami and ocean-weather alerting platform, as described in his ATSC conference biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Mobius announced a platform for the AI4IA initiative and a planned September 28 conference appearance by COO Ashwini Kotaru; this is a company update.
- **2026-10** — At research time, Mobius’s official website presents a Rasa Foundation-led vision focused on truth, accountability and shared access to intelligence; these are stated aims, not independently established performance outcomes.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mobiusdtaas.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckgaian

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Last updated: 2026-10-27