# Rajeev Pathak

> Rajeev Pathak is the co-founder and CEO of Hyperbots Inc., a Dover, Delaware-based startup building agentic AI co-pilots for corporate finance and accounting. Hyperbots raised a $6.5M Series A in May 2025 co-led by Arkam Ventures and Athera Venture Partners, bringing total funding to $8.5M+. Pathak previously founded funtoot, an education AI company acquired by Embibe in 2019, where he then served as SVP. Before that, he spent over a decade at Wipro running a $100M+ technology business and began his career as a satellite engineer at ISRO working on the INSAT program. He holds a PGSM from IIM Bangalore.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Hyperbots Inc.
- **Organizations:** Hyperbots Inc., funtoot (founder, acquired), Embibe, Wipro Technologies, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** PGSM (Post Graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
- **Known for:** Built and sold funtoot, an education-AI company, to Embibe in 2019., Ran a $100M+ technology business as GM and Vertical Head at Wipro., Raised $8.5M+ total capital for Hyperbots across seed and Series A.

## Career timeline

- **1994-1996** — Engineer/Scientist at ISRO Satellite Centre; part of the INSAT 2C/2D/2E satellite teams.
- **1997-2010** — Joined Wipro Technologies; rose to General Manager and Vertical Head, running a technology business of over $100M.
- **2011** — Founded funtoot, a student-centric adaptive learning AI company for K-12.
- **2019-12** — funtoot acquired by Embibe (a Reliance Industries company) for approximately $10.1M.
- **2019-2023** — Served as Senior Vice President at Embibe, leading content, media, learning science and delivery.
- **2023-04** — Co-founded Hyperbots Inc. with Niyati Chhaya and Ram Jayaraman to build agentic AI for finance and accounting.
- **2024-08** — Hyperbots raised $2M seed round.
- **2025-05** — Hyperbots closed a $6.5M Series A co-led by Arkam Ventures and Athera Venture Partners, with participation from JSW Ventures, Kalaari Capital, Sunicon and Darashaw.

## Achievements

- Built and sold funtoot, an education-AI company, to Embibe in 2019.
- Ran a $100M+ technology business as GM and Vertical Head at Wipro.
- Raised $8.5M+ total capital for Hyperbots across seed and Series A.
- Grew Hyperbots to roughly 110 employees within two years of founding.
- Contributed to the INSAT 2C/2D/2E satellite programs early in his career at ISRO.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Hyperbots closed a $6.5M Series A co-led by Arkam Ventures and Athera Venture Partners.
- **2025-07** — Spoke at the CFO Leadership event on 'Agentic AI in Finance and Accounting: ROI Perspectives.'
- **2025-12** — Featured in YourStory on Hyperbots' agentic co-pilots automating core finance workflows.

## Links

- Website: https://hyperbots.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeev-pathak-5bb34b9

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