# Gopalakrishna Kuppuswamy

> Gopalakrishna Kuppuswamy is Co-Founder and CTO of Cognida.ai, an enterprise AI company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that raised a $15M Series A from Nexus Venture Partners in February 2025. With 30+ years in technology - starting at CMC Limited in 1994 and spending a decade as VP at Hitachi Vantara - he now leads the engineering behind Zunō, Cognida's agentic AI platform that cuts enterprise AI deployment timelines from 6-8 months down to 10-12 weeks. Based in Hyderabad, he holds master's degrees from both the University of Hyderabad and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and has helped grow Cognida.ai to 250+ employees and $37.7M ARR.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CTO at Cognida.ai
- **Organizations:** Cognida.ai, Hitachi Vantara, CMC Limited
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Master's in Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Master's in Computer Applications, University of Hyderabad
- **Known for:** Co-founded Cognida.ai, which reached $37.7M ARR and $113.1M valuation by 2025, Led engineering of Zunō agentic AI platform - 5 modules covering prediction, computer vision, generative AI, data integration, and synthetic data, Helped close a $15M Series A from Nexus Venture Partners (February 2025)

## Career timeline

- **1994** — Began career at CMC Limited, India's top IT and R&D firm, on August 16
- **1994-2010s** — Worked with Silicon Graphics and other technology companies
- **2010s** — Joined Hitachi Consulting (later Hitachi Vantara) as VP, Global Delivery Center, India
- **2010s-2022** — Led Technology Solutions Organization for Hitachi Vantara's Digital Solutions Business Unit; built Outsourced Product Development (OPD) business unit
- **2017** — Gave interview to Geospatial World on IoT sensors in public safety
- **2022** — Co-founded Cognida.ai alongside Feroze Mohammed, Abid Mohammed, Deb Acharya, Sumesh Balakrishnan, Hitesh Sanghavi, and Uday Chander
- **2022-2025** — Led engineering of Zunō agentic AI platform; helped grow company to 250+ employees and 30+ enterprise deployments
- **2025-02** — Cognida.ai secured $15M Series A from Nexus Venture Partners
- **2025** — Company reaches $37.7M ARR and $113.1M valuation; received Dean's Community Award from Imperial Business School

## Achievements

- Co-founded Cognida.ai, which reached $37.7M ARR and $113.1M valuation by 2025
- Led engineering of Zunō agentic AI platform - 5 modules covering prediction, computer vision, generative AI, data integration, and synthetic data
- Helped close a $15M Series A from Nexus Venture Partners (February 2025)
- Grew Cognida.ai engineering team to 250+ professionals with 30+ enterprise deployments
- Received Dean's Community Award for Pioneering Practical Solutions from Imperial Business School
- Built and scaled the Outsourced Product Development (OPD) business unit at Hitachi Vantara
- Reduced enterprise AI deployment timelines from 6-8 months to 10-12 weeks
- Authored industry thought-leadership pieces on smart disaster management and real-time governance at Hitachi
- 30+ years of continuous innovation in enterprise software and AI

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Cognida.ai launched Codien, an AI coding agent, expanding the Zunō platform
- **2025-03** — Spoke at Career Compass Future Tech Panel on 'AI, Innovation and the Future of Tech'
- **2025-02** — Cognida.ai secured $15M Series A funding from Nexus Venture Partners
- **2025-01** — Company reaches $37.7M ARR with 250+ employees and $113.1M valuation

## Links

- Website: https://cognida.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopalakrishna-kuppuswamy-905258151/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfV_ew81wbc

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Last updated: 2026-05-26