# Nikhil Gupta

> Nikhil Gupta is the founder and CEO of ArmorCode and previously co-founded Avid Secure, acquired by Sophos in 2019. His career spans engineering and business leadership, and he helped create the Purple Book Community for software security leaders. His public writing emphasizes customer validation, coordination across security tools, and building companies beyond the first friendly buyers.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at ArmorCode
- **Organizations:** ArmorCode, Avid Secure, Sophos, Purple Book Community, Bell Labs, VMware, Cisco, ForeScout, Ericsson, Alcatel, Alchemist Accelerator, TiE
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, B.M.S. College of Engineering, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Executive MBA, Columbia Business School and London Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Avid Secure, acquired by Sophos in January 2019., Founded and leads ArmorCode, which reported $81 million in total funding in March 2026., Helped create the Purple Book Community for software security leaders.

## Career timeline

- **1997** — Moved to the United States for work.
- **1999** — Joined Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
- **2000** — Joined a startup launched by Bell Labs colleagues; later described its lack of market demand as a formative lesson.
- **2013-2016** — Worked at VMware on network segmentation and security, according to his 2021 interview.
- **2017** — Co-founded Avid Secure with Ganesh Krishnan.
- **2019** — Sophos acquired Avid Secure.
- **2020** — Founded ArmorCode in July.
- **2023** — ArmorCode announced a $40 million Series B and $65 million in total funding.
- **2026** — ArmorCode announced $16 million in strategic funding in March and introduced ArmorCode Zero in October.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Avid Secure, acquired by Sophos in January 2019.
- Founded and leads ArmorCode, which reported $81 million in total funding in March 2026.
- Helped create the Purple Book Community for software security leaders.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On October 20, introduced ArmorCode Zero in a signed company blog post, emphasizing grouped fixes, human approval and verification through rescanning.
- **2026-09** — Appeared on The Neon Show to discuss his founder journey, customer discovery and security; the publisher dates the episode September 9.
- **2026-03** — ArmorCode announced $16 million in strategic funding, bringing its reported total to $81 million, and appointed Phil Venables to its board.

## Links

- Website: https://www.armorcode.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilgupta

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Last updated: 2026-10-25