# Krish Ramineni

> Krish Ramineni is the co-founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai, the AI meeting assistant that quietly joins calls, transcribes them, and turns an hour of talk into a five-minute read. He left one of the youngest product manager roles at Microsoft to build it with college friend Sam Udotong, pivoting five or six times before landing on meetings. Today Fireflies serves 20M+ users across 500,000+ organizations - including most of the Fortune 500 - and reached unicorn status on roughly $19M raised while staying profitable. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, he now also lectures at Stanford on building AI products.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Fireflies.ai
- **Organizations:** Fireflies.ai, Microsoft, Stanford University
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** American (born in India)
- **Education:** Human-Computer Interaction (summa cum laude), University of Pennsylvania, Computer Science, Cognitive Sciences, Human-Computer Interaction, Rice University, High school diploma, Amador Valley High School
- **Known for:** Scaled Fireflies.ai to 20M+ users across 500,000+ organizations, Used by roughly 75% of Fortune 500 companies, Reached unicorn ($1B+) status while remaining profitable on about $19M total funding

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Graduated from Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, California
- **2015** — Graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania
- **2015** — Joined Microsoft as a Product Manager on the first growth team for Microsoft Office
- **2016** — Left Microsoft and co-founded Fireflies.ai with Sam Udotong
- **2021** — Raised $14M Series A led by Khosla Ventures; named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Enterprise Technology)
- **2025** — Delivered keynote at Tech Show London; Fireflies surpasses 20M users and 500,000 organizations
- **2026** — Fireflies named to Forbes x Statista America's Best Startup Employers

## Achievements

- Scaled Fireflies.ai to 20M+ users across 500,000+ organizations
- Used by roughly 75% of Fortune 500 companies
- Reached unicorn ($1B+) status while remaining profitable on about $19M total funding
- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Enterprise Technology), 2021
- Raised $14M Series A led by Khosla Ventures
- Was one of the youngest product managers at Microsoft
- Guest lecturer at Stanford University on building AI products

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Delivered a keynote at Tech Show London on building AI products and scaling Fireflies.
- **2026-01** — Fireflies.ai recognized on the Forbes x Statista list of America's Best Startup Employers.

## Links

- Website: https://krishramineni.com/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/krishramineni
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/krishramineni
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krishramineni/

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Last updated: 2026-06-11