# Nikhil Reddy

> Nikhil Reddy is the co-founder and CEO of Kaizen, a New York based civic technology company building modern, people-first software for America's public services. After stints engineering at Tesla, Anduril, and Archive Resale and a degree from UC Berkeley, he set out to replace the clunky legacy systems behind recreation sign-ups, permits, transit fares, DMVs, and licensing. Kaizen's platform now reaches more than 30 million residents across 17 states and 50-plus agencies, and has raised over $35 million from NEA, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz's American Dynamism practice, and others. Outside the company he runs a YouTube channel with 36,000+ subscribers about life, technology, and ideas.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Kaizen (Kaizen Labs)
- **Organizations:** Kaizen Labs, Anduril Industries, Archive Resale, Tesla, University of California, Berkeley
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Kaizen, whose software reaches 30M+ residents across 17 states and 50+ government agencies, Raised more than $35 million from NEA, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, 776, and Carpenter Capital, Grew Kaizen's customer base roughly 10x and annual recurring revenue roughly 9x in a single year

## Career timeline

- **2015-2018** — Software Engineering Intern at Tesla for three consecutive summers during college
- **2019** — Graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- **2019-2021** — Engineer and designer at Anduril Industries and Archive Resale
- **2022** — Co-founded Kaizen Labs with KJ Shah to modernize software for public services
- **2024** — Kaizen raised an $11M seed round co-led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz's American Dynamism practice
- **2025-10** — Kaizen raised a $21M Series A led by NEA, bringing total funding to $35M+
- **2026** — Personally leading the search for AI-native product engineers to work on Federal government technology projects

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Kaizen, whose software reaches 30M+ residents across 17 states and 50+ government agencies
- Raised more than $35 million from NEA, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, 776, and Carpenter Capital
- Grew Kaizen's customer base roughly 10x and annual recurring revenue roughly 9x in a single year
- Named an Accel Scholar for excellence in technology and entrepreneurship
- Built a YouTube channel of 36,000+ subscribers on life, technology, and ideas
- Engineering experience at Tesla and Anduril Industries before age 25

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Closed a $21M Series A led by NEA to rebuild government's digital front door
- **2026** — Recruiting AI-native product engineers for consequential Federal government technology projects

## Links

- Website: https://www.nikhilreddy.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bignikhilreddy
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/bignikhilreddy
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bignikhilreddy

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Last updated: 2026-06-10