# Nishant Patel

> Nishant Patel is the Austin-based co-founder and CTO of Contentstack. After studying computer science at Ohio State and spending seven years at TIBCO, he co-founded Raw Engineering, where a team in Virar, India turned customer problems and after-hours experiments into an API-first content platform. Contentstack emerged from that work, entered production in 2012, spun out in 2018, and became a prominent enterprise platform for composable digital experiences.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CTO at Contentstack
- **Organizations:** Contentstack, Raw Engineering, Built.io, TIBCO Software
- **Education:** Computer Science, The Ohio State University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Contentstack and serves as its CTO., Helped develop an API-first headless CMS before the term became an established software category., Co-founded Raw Engineering, whose teams created Contentstack and Built.io Flow.

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Graduated from Ohio State after studying computer science, moved to San Francisco and joined a small startup as its initial engineer.
- **2000-2007** — Worked in engineering at TIBCO Software, building experience in integration technology.
- **2007** — Co-founded Raw Engineering with Neha Sampat to help enterprises adopt cloud-based technology.
- **2011-2012** — Led the work that produced Contentstack's first API-first CMS version in October 2011 and put its first customers into production by January 2012.
- **2018** — Contentstack spun out as an independent company; Built.io Flow was acquired by Software AG.
- **2019** — Contentstack raised a $31.5 million Series A led by Insight Partners.
- **2020** — Contentstack became a founding member of the MACH Alliance.
- **2025** — Contentstack launched EDGE, combining headless CMS, customer data, personalization, automation, AI and front-end hosting.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Contentstack and serves as its CTO.
- Helped develop an API-first headless CMS before the term became an established software category.
- Co-founded Raw Engineering, whose teams created Contentstack and Built.io Flow.
- Founded and led Built.io, which was acquired by Software AG in 2018.
- Helped establish Contentstack as a founding member of the MACH Alliance.
- Built a distributed engineering organization with a major R&D base in Virar, India.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Appeared on the Pioneers podcast to discuss API-first software, the MACH Alliance and Contentstack's origins.
- **2025-02** — Contentstack launched EDGE, an adaptive digital experience platform combining content, real-time customer data, personalization, automation and AI.
- **2024-11** — Discussed Contentstack's composable DXP strategy, global engineering organization and AI roadmap in a Digital Terminal interview.
- **2024-10** — Detailed the services-to-product journey of Raw Engineering, Built.io and Contentstack on the Founder Thesis podcast.
- **2024-03** — Appeared on the Extrology podcast to discuss his career, headless CMS and the changing role of AI in content technology.

## Links

- Website: https://www.contentstack.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patelnishant
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/contentstack

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Last updated: 2026-09-27