# Lotus Interworks

> Lotus Interworks is a Los Angeles technology company founded by Dr. B. Gopinath in 1999. It develops custom business systems and now markets AI consulting, workflow automation, cloud deployment and human-supervised email and phone services. Its portfolio includes company-reported telecom and enterprise projects and the Oxygen collaboration platform; the related Simplia venture has a separate bankruptcy history.

- **Founded:** 1999
- **Headquarters:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Founders:** Dr. B. Gopinath (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Custom AI services, AI strategy and systems implementation, Oxygen, Simplia conversational marketplace, Enterprise systems engineering
- **Notable:** Company-reported delivery of billing and network-management systems for AT&T and Fujitsu., Gopinath’s published résumé reports more than 30 US patents across his career; this is a founder-level figure, not a verified count owned by Lotus., Academic biographies document Dinesh Anvekar’s patent work through Lotus Interworks during 2000-2003.

## Products & services

- **Custom AI services** — Company-marketed cloud services for handling email and phone interactions with dedicated human oversight; a four-week consultation, build and deployment schedule is advertised.
- **AI strategy and systems implementation** — Consulting, LLM solutions, process automation, predictive analytics, infrastructure deployment and fractional executive services.
- **Oxygen** — A platform developed for AI-human collaboration; the current website describes a conversational AI-enabled marketplace platform.
- **Simplia conversational marketplace** — A 2009 local-services marketplace experiment, dated by the founder to 2009-2011; the later Simplia venture is a distinct chapter and legal entity.
- **Enterprise systems engineering** — Company-reported projects include AT&T billing, Fujitsu optical network management, EA Sports mobile development, Kronos recruiting, Lutron configuration and EDS video on demand.

## Achievements

- Company-reported delivery of billing and network-management systems for AT&T and Fujitsu.
- Gopinath’s published résumé reports more than 30 US patents across his career; this is a founder-level figure, not a verified count owned by Lotus.
- Academic biographies document Dinesh Anvekar’s patent work through Lotus Interworks during 2000-2003.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Related venture Simplia, Inc. filed Chapter 11 on September 30, case 2:25-bk-18664. The named debtor is Simplia, not Lotus Interworks.
- **2026-05** — An official May 12 court calendar lists Simplia’s motion concerning a global settlement with Ray Stata and dismissal. BankruptcyObserver’s docket header records dismissal on May 26.
- **2026-10** — Website reviewed in October 2026 markets custom AI services, fractional executive services and a four-week deployment process; this is an observation date, not a launch date.

## Links

- Website: https://www.lotusinterworks.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lotus-interworks

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