# Nanda Santhana

> Nanda Santhana is the co-founder and CEO of DataBahn.ai, a Plano, Texas startup building AI-powered telemetry data pipelines for security, observability and AI workloads. Before DataBahn he spent nearly a dozen years as a founding member and SVP at Securonix, with earlier stints at Oracle, Sun Microsystems and Vaau. In June 2025 DataBahn closed a $17M Series A led by Forgepoint Capital, taking total funding to $19M.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at DataBahn.ai
- **Organizations:** DataBahn.ai, Securonix, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Vaau
- **Education:** MS, Engineering Management / Industrial Management, University of Southern California, BS, Industrial Engineering, University of Madras
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads DataBahn.ai, a telemetry data pipeline company, Raised $17M Series A in June 2025, $19M total funding, Founding member of Securonix, a SIEM and UEBA pioneer

## Career timeline

- **pre-2008** — Regional Manager, Security Practice at Sun Microsystems; founding member of Vaau (acquired by Sun)
- **2008** — Tech Fellow at Oracle following Sun's absorption of Vaau
- **2012-2023** — Founding member and SVP at Securonix, working on cyber threat detection with ML and big data
- **2023** — Co-founds DataBahn.ai in the Dallas area with Nithya Nareshkumar
- **2024** — DataBahn emerges publicly; early seed capital from GTM Capital
- **2025-06** — DataBahn closes $17M Series A led by Forgepoint Capital, with S3 Ventures and GTM Capital

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads DataBahn.ai, a telemetry data pipeline company
- Raised $17M Series A in June 2025, $19M total funding
- Founding member of Securonix, a SIEM and UEBA pioneer
- Founding member of Vaau, acquired by Sun Microsystems

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — DataBahn.ai raised $17M Series A led by Forgepoint Capital, with participation from S3 Ventures and GTM Capital.
- **2025-02** — DataBahn announced integrations positioning its platform as a data layer for Microsoft Sentinel.
- **2025** — Company expanded executive team with Preston Wood as Chief Security and Strategy Officer, alongside new sales leadership.

## Links

- Website: https://databahn.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nandasanthana/

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/nanda-santhana
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-07-09