# Karun Tadepalli

> Karun Tadepalli is the co-founder and CEO of byteXL, a Hyderabad-based edtech company that partners directly with engineering colleges across India to close the gap between what students learn and what the tech industry needs. After roughly two decades in the US working for companies like Accenture, Health Management Systems and AT&T, he left a corporate career to build a B2B skilling platform now used by more than 100,000 students. Under his leadership byteXL has partnered with dozens of institutions and, in 2024, teamed with Microsoft to launch AI and machine learning B.Tech specializations at universities across the country.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at byteXL
- **Organizations:** byteXL
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Master of Arts, Gannon University, Pennsylvania, Master of Business Administration, The University of Texas at Dallas
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled byteXL to over 100,000 students across dozens of engineering colleges in India, Grew the team from 4 to more than 160 members within its first years, Secured partnership with Microsoft as knowledge partner for AI/ML B.Tech programs at 10+ universities

## Career timeline

- **pre-2020** — Roughly 19-20 years in US tech across Accenture, Health Management Systems, AT&T and other companies
- **2020** — Co-founded byteXL to bridge the academia-industry skills gap for engineering students in India
- **2022** — Raised roughly $1M seed round; byteXL pivoted from individual learners to transforming entire engineering colleges
- **2024** — byteXL partnered with Microsoft to launch B.Tech AI and ML specializations at universities across India; raised Series A funding

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled byteXL to over 100,000 students across dozens of engineering colleges in India
- Grew the team from 4 to more than 160 members within its first years
- Secured partnership with Microsoft as knowledge partner for AI/ML B.Tech programs at 10+ universities
- Built a B2B edtech model that transforms curriculum, content and faculty capability, not just student courseware
- Raised Series A funding (latest funding round) after earlier seed and angel rounds

## Latest updates

- **2024-09** — byteXL partnered with Microsoft to launch B.Tech in Computer Science with AI and ML specialization at 10 universities across India
- **2024-07** — byteXL raised its latest funding round (Series A), with a reported latest funding amount around $5.9M

## Links

- Website: https://bytexl.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karun-tadepalli
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/byte_xl
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvTEYoq0X5Y
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/byteXL/

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Last updated: 2026-07-16