# Sachin Gupta

> Sachin Gupta co-founded HackerEarth with Vivek Prakash after studying computer science at IIT Roorkee and briefly working at Google. He led the technical assessment and developer-community company until becoming executive chairman in July 2024. He subsequently co-founded Breakout with Hitesh Aggarwal and serves as its CEO, building AI products for sales and marketing teams.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Executive Chairman at HackerEarth; Co-founder and CEO at Breakout
- **Organizations:** HackerEarth, Breakout, Google, Microsoft
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
- **Known for:** Co-founded HackerEarth in 2012., Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, enterprise technology, 2016., Built HackerEarth’s developer community to 6.5 million members by February 2022, according to his published account.

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Interned at Microsoft, working on cloud technology.
- **2012** — Graduated from IIT Roorkee; joined Google in July; left to build HackerEarth through GSF Accelerator; company officially started in November.
- **2015** — Introduced a new HackerEarth logo after three years of developing the company’s identity.
- **2016** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in enterprise technology.
- **2018** — Discussed HackerEarth’s Bay Area expansion and international plans.
- **2022** — Published lessons from building a community of 6.5 million developers.
- **2024-07** — Became HackerEarth executive chairman as Vikas Aditya took over as CEO.
- **2025-02** — Breakout launched publicly and announced $3.25 million in seed funding.
- **2026-06** — Introduced Breakout’s Spoc product for coordinating marketing workflows.

## Achievements

- Co-founded HackerEarth in 2012.
- Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, enterprise technology, 2016.
- Built HackerEarth’s developer community to 6.5 million members by February 2022, according to his published account.
- Co-founded Breakout, which announced a $3.25 million seed round in February 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published the introduction of Spoc, Breakout’s AI product for work across go-to-market tools.
- **2025-02** — Breakout emerged from stealth with a $3.25 million seed round led by Village Global.
- **2024-07** — Announced transition to HackerEarth executive chairman and Vikas Aditya’s appointment as CEO.

## Links

- Website: https://getbreakout.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachingupta006
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/sachingupta006
- GitHub: https://github.com/sachingupta006

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Last updated: 2026-10-12