# Ganesh Gopalan

> Ganesh Gopalan is the Bengaluru-based co-founder and CEO of Gnani.ai. A computer science graduate of the University of Mumbai and an Indian School of Business alumnus, he held leadership roles at IBM and Texas Instruments before building multilingual speech and enterprise AI systems with Ananth Nagaraj. His public interviews emphasize customer listening, ownership of the technology pipeline and measurable business results.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Gnani.ai
- **Organizations:** Gnani.ai, Texas Instruments, IBM
- **From:** Mumbai, India
- **Education:** Degree in computer science, University of Mumbai, MBA in Marketing and Technology, Indian School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Gnani.ai and led its expansion into enterprise multilingual voice automation., Led a company backed by Samsung Ventures, Info Edge Ventures and Aavishkaar Capital., Gnani.ai was selected under the IndiaAI Mission to develop voice AI foundational models.

## Career timeline

- **2001-2002** — Studied at the Indian School of Business as part of its founding batch.
- **Before 2016** — Worked in US consulting and held leadership roles at IBM and Texas Instruments; met Ananth Nagaraj at Texas Instruments.
- **2016** — Co-founded Gnani.ai with Ananth Nagaraj, focusing on multilingual speech technology.
- **2019** — Gnani.ai received Samsung Ventures backing and began commercial work with TVS Credit.
- **2021** — Discussed Gnani.ai reaching one million automated voice transactions in a single day.
- **2025** — Gnani.ai was selected under the IndiaAI Mission to develop voice-focused foundational models.
- **2026-02** — Presented the Inya VoiceOS voice-to-voice research preview around the India AI Impact Summit.
- **2026-08** — Gnani Artha, combining Evon 3.3 and Plexus, was launched by the Vice-President of India in New Delhi.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Gnani.ai and led its expansion into enterprise multilingual voice automation.
- Led a company backed by Samsung Ventures, Info Edge Ventures and Aavishkaar Capital.
- Gnani.ai was selected under the IndiaAI Mission to develop voice AI foundational models.
- Gnani Artha was launched at Uprashtrapati Bhavan on August 28, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Gnani.ai announced its Ascent partner program on October 6, aimed at enterprise adoption of sovereign AI.
- **2026-09** — Gopalan discussed enterprise sovereign AI, Evon and global expansion at the Global Fintech Fest.
- **2026-08** — Gnani Artha was launched on August 28 by Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan in New Delhi.
- **2026-08** — In an August 5 interview, Gopalan emphasized measurable customer outcomes and corporate control of AI.

## Links

- Website: https://www.gnani.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ganesh-gopalan/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ganeshgo

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Last updated: 2026-10-22