# Rukmangada Kandyala

> Rukmangada Kandyala, also known as KR, is the Bengaluru-based co-founder and CEO of Testsigma. After engineering roles at Zoho, Avenda Systems and Aruba, he co-founded the company in 2019 to make automated testing accessible through plain English. His subsequent work includes the Atto AI testing coworker and The Feedback Loop newsletter, where he examines software intent, feedback quality and the evidence behind release decisions.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Testsigma
- **Organizations:** Testsigma, Zoho Corporation, Avenda Systems, Aruba Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- **Education:** B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, NBKR Institute of Science & Technology, S.V. University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Testsigma, a plain-English test automation company serving international teams., Led Testsigma through announced financing rounds of $4.6 million in 2022 and $8.2 million in 2024., Introduced Atto and AI-native test management in May 2025.

## Career timeline

- **2007-2011** — Member of Technical Staff at Zoho Corporation.
- **2011** — Senior Software Engineer at Avenda Systems, then Member of Technical Staff at Aruba Networks.
- **2016-2017** — Technical Lead at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.
- **2019** — Co-founded Testsigma with Pratheep Velicherla, Vikram Chaitanya and Rajesh Reddy.
- **2022** — Testsigma announced $4.6 million in financing and launched its open-source test automation framework.
- **2024** — Testsigma announced $8.2 million led by MassMutual Ventures, alongside generative AI capabilities and a Salesforce-focused product.
- **2025** — Testsigma introduced Atto in May and announced Atto 2.0 in November; Kandyala began The Feedback Loop newsletter in October.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Testsigma, a plain-English test automation company serving international teams.
- Led Testsigma through announced financing rounds of $4.6 million in 2022 and $8.2 million in 2024.
- Introduced Atto and AI-native test management in May 2025.
- Writes The Feedback Loop, a biweekly newsletter on AI, automation and systems thinking.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — His LinkedIn profile lists the October 6 article “Every agent change brings its own proof.”
- **2026-09** — Published “The prompt is the new spec” on September 23, outlining how teams can make coding-agent assumptions explicit.
- **2026-07** — Published “The Release Decision Is the Atomic Unit of Engineering Trust” on July 14.
- **2026-06** — Published “The Gap Between Generation and Release” on June 24.
- **2025-11** — Testsigma announced Atto 2.0.

## Links

- Website: https://testsigma.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rukmangada/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rukmangada

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Last updated: 2026-10-23