# Kedar Kulkarni

> Kedar Kulkarni is the Bengaluru-based co-founder and CEO of HyperVerge, an AI business working on identity verification, digital onboarding and fraud prevention. An IIT Madras graduate and Lema Labs co-founder, he connects commercial durability with education and employment through his conscious-business philosophy and HyperVerge Academy.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at HyperVerge
- **Organizations:** HyperVerge, Lema Labs, Computer Vision Group, IIT Madras, HyperVerge Academy
- **Education:** BTech in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- **Known for:** Co-founded HyperVerge and Lema Labs., Helped build a student computer-vision group into an enterprise AI company., Lema Labs trained more than 15,000 robotics students, according to his public company biography.

## Career timeline

- **2008-2012** — Studies at IIT Madras; participates in robotics and computer vision.
- **2009** — Founds the Computer Vision Group at IIT Madras, according to his company biography.
- **2010** — Co-founds Lema Labs, an education venture teaching emerging technologies.
- **2013-2014** — HyperVerge Technologies is incorporated in India in December 2013; public company accounts describe the startup beginning in 2014.
- **2015** — HyperVerge announces $1 million in seed funding and develops the Silver photo-organisation app.
- **2017** — Publishes a first-person account of the enterprise pivot and Zoho becoming the first paying customer.
- **2018** — Large enterprises begin using HyperVerge AI engines to verify identities, according to his 2023 interview.
- **2020** — HyperVerge establishes a dedicated contribution team, according to the academy.
- **2026** — Discusses AI-assisted underwriting following HyperVerge’s September launch of three agents.

## Achievements

- Co-founded HyperVerge and Lema Labs.
- Helped build a student computer-vision group into an enterprise AI company.
- Lema Labs trained more than 15,000 robotics students, according to his public company biography.
- HyperVerge reported over $19 million ARR and $1.1 million raised on its company page, accessed October 2026. These are company figures, not personal income.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Discussed HyperVerge’s three new AI underwriting agents at Global Fintech Fest; said complex business lending still requires human involvement.
- **2026-02** — HyperVerge announced his participation in a UIDAI panel on AI in IDtech at the IndiaAI Impact Summit.
- **2025-09** — Featured in the YourStory and AWS AI100 series discussing his journey from campus robotics to conscious businesses.

## Links

- Website: https://hyperverge.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/writetokedar/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/writetokedar
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writetokedar

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Last updated: 2026-10-27