# Pavan Sondur

> Pavan Sondur is the co-founder and CEO of Coreworks AI and previously co-founded and led Unbxd, the ecommerce product-discovery company in which Netcore acquired a majority stake through an investment of close to $100 million in 2022. An engineering graduate of SJCE in Mysore, he worked at NetApp and Gluster before building Unbxd with Prashant Kumar. The pair now work on business reports and presentations with traceable calculations.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Coreworks AI
- **Organizations:** Coreworks AI, Unbxd / Netcore Unbxd, Gluster, NetApp
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Information Science and Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysore
- **Known for:** Co-founded Unbxd with Prashant Kumar and led it through international expansion., Led Unbxd through Netcore’s 2022 majority-stake transaction involving an investment of close to $100 million., Led Netcore Unbxd when it announced Leader recognition in the Q3 2023 Forrester Wave for Commerce Search and Product Discovery.

## Career timeline

- **2008-2009** — Worked as a sustaining engineer at NetApp; dates corroborated by a public LinkedIn-derived work-history profile.
- **2009-2010** — Worked as a software engineer at Gluster; dates corroborated by a public LinkedIn-derived work-history profile.
- **2011** — Unbxd Human Search was publicly profiled in April, with Sondur and Prashant Kumar as co-founders.
- **2012** — Indian Angel Network invested in Unbxd; Manav Garg was to join its board.
- **2013** — Unbxd raised a $2 million Series A from IDG Ventures India and Inventus Capital Partners.
- **2017** — Unbxd raised a $12.5 million Series C led by Eight Roads Ventures.
- **2022** — Netcore announced a close-to-$100-million investment to acquire a majority stake in Unbxd.
- **2023** — Netcore Unbxd announced Leader recognition in The Forrester Wave: Commerce Search and Product Discovery, Q3 2023; Sondur was identified as founder and CEO.
- **2025** — Became publicly identified as co-founder and CEO of Coreworks AI with Prashant Kumar.
- **2026** — Coreworks announced a $5 million seed round led by Together Fund.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Unbxd with Prashant Kumar and led it through international expansion.
- Led Unbxd through Netcore’s 2022 majority-stake transaction involving an investment of close to $100 million.
- Led Netcore Unbxd when it announced Leader recognition in the Q3 2023 Forrester Wave for Commerce Search and Product Discovery.
- Co-founded Coreworks AI, which raised a $5 million seed round led by Together Fund in March 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — An April 15 interview covered Coreworks’ product, $5 million seed round and focus on traceability and reliable outputs.
- **2026-03** — Coreworks announced a $5 million seed round led by Together Fund; Sondur highlighted working with early Unbxd investor Manav Garg again.
- **2025-11** — YourStory reported his participation as Coreworks CEO in a TechSparks panel with Manav Garg and Dushyant Mishra, moderated by Shradha Sharma.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavansondur
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/pavansondur

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Last updated: 2026-10-25