# Mohan Sivam

> Mohan Sivam is the founder and CEO of Neuralzome Cybernetics, a Bengaluru deeptech startup teaching robots to drive themselves across orchards, farms and job sites no GPS map can describe. His pitch is deceptively plain: robots should learn by watching a human do the job once, not by waiting on a team of PhDs to code every turn. Neuralzome's NeuralPilot autonomy stack, RedPill simulation engine and rugged Jeeno platform aim to put off-road robots to work where labor is scarce and the terrain is unforgiving. In August 2025 the company raised $2.4M in pre-seed funding led by 8X Ventures. A serial builder who previously co-founded Flo Mobility and ran GAMASOME, Sivam describes his mission with a phrase that sticks: making robots sentient.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Neuralzome Cybernetics
- **Organizations:** Neuralzome Cybernetics, Flo Mobility, GAMASOME, Hero MotoCorp, Startup Leadership Program
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Bachelor's, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Anna University, Crash Course in Sequential Genomics Using Machine Learning Models, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Founder & CEO of Neuralzome Cybernetics, raising a total of ~$2.65M to build off-road autonomous robots, Led an $2.4M pre-seed round in August 2025 backed by 8X Ventures, Turbostart, Avinya Ventures, IIM-Ahmedabad CIIE and SIDBI, Built NeuralPilot, an agentic multimodal autonomy stack for GPS-denied off-road environments

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Founded GAMASOME, serving as Founder & CEO through 2021
- **2020** — Consulting Program Manager for Connected Vehicles & Charging Ecosystem at Hero MotoCorp, leading connected vehicle and charging initiatives globally
- **2021** — Co-founded Flo Mobility as Co-Founder & CTO, working on autonomous mobility
- **2023** — Founded Neuralzome Cybernetics in Bengaluru as Founder & CEO
- **2023** — Closed pre-seed debenture round (~Rs 2.07 Cr) for Neuralzome
- **2025** — Raised $2.4M pre-seed funding led by 8X Ventures to scale off-road autonomous robotics

## Achievements

- Founder & CEO of Neuralzome Cybernetics, raising a total of ~$2.65M to build off-road autonomous robots
- Led an $2.4M pre-seed round in August 2025 backed by 8X Ventures, Turbostart, Avinya Ventures, IIM-Ahmedabad CIIE and SIDBI
- Built NeuralPilot, an agentic multimodal autonomy stack for GPS-denied off-road environments
- Created the Jeeno open-source autonomous outdoor platform (500-lb payload, 8-hour runtime)
- Previously co-founded Flo Mobility and founded GAMASOME; led connected-vehicle programs at Hero MotoCorp

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Neuralzome raised $2.4M in pre-seed funding led by 8X Ventures to accelerate its autonomous robotics rollout.
- **2026-01** — Featured on the SRX 'Stories of people in robotics' podcast discussing his journey and building Neuralzome.

## Links

- Website: https://neuralzome.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mohansivam

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Last updated: 2026-06-22