# Piyush Rajput

> Piyush Rajput is the Co-Founder and SVP of Engineering at Simpplr, the AI-powered employee experience platform he helped build from the ground up in 2014. A civil engineering graduate from IIT Delhi, he pivoted to software and has spent 15+ years at the intersection of engineering and product - now overseeing the technology behind a platform serving 2 million+ employees at companies like Moderna, Penske, and the NHS. Simpplr has raised $139M+ in total funding and reached a Series D under his technical leadership.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & SVP Engineering at Simpplr
- **Organizations:** Simpplr, Axiom Research Labs, Simplion Technologies, Agnicient Technologies
- **Nationality:** Indian-Canadian
- **Education:** Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
- **Known for:** Co-founded Simpplr in 2014, now one of the leading AI employee experience platforms, Led engineering to serve 2+ million active employees globally, Helped secure $139M+ in total venture funding across multiple rounds

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Engineering roles at Agnicient Technologies
- **Mid career** — Worked at Simplion Technologies in cloud consulting and systems integration
- **Pre-Simpplr** — Technical leadership at Axiom Research Labs
- **2014** — Co-founded Simpplr with Dhiraj Sharma, Patrick Morrissey, and Andrew Nelson
- **2021** — Simpplr raised $32M Series C; Piyush leading engineering scale-up
- **2023** — Simpplr raised $70M Series D led by Sapphire Ventures; Piyush overseeing AI platform build-out
- **2024** — Simpplr celebrates 10-year anniversary; platform serves 2M+ active users, 1,000+ enterprise customers

## Achievements

- Co-founded Simpplr in 2014, now one of the leading AI employee experience platforms
- Led engineering to serve 2+ million active employees globally
- Helped secure $139M+ in total venture funding across multiple rounds
- Built platform achieving 95% customer retention rate
- Guided Simpplr to Gartner Leader recognition in Intranet Packaged Solutions (2023)
- Oversaw integration of AI capabilities including LangGraph, LlamaIndex, OpenAI, and Anthropic Claude
- Built engineering org spanning cloud, mobile, AI, and enterprise search

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Simpplr celebrated its 10-year anniversary; Piyush among the founding team reflecting on a decade of building
- **2024-09** — Simpplr launched Intranet Superstars: Best of Simpplr 2024 recognition program
- **2023-05** — Simpplr closed $70M Series D round; Piyush continuing to lead engineering expansion into AI
- **2024-03** — Simpplr launched BYOI (Bring Your Own Integration) custom apps framework

## Links

- Website: https://www.simpplr.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/piyushrajput

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Last updated: 2026-05-24