# Sam Joseph

> Sam Joseph, also known as Samuel Joseph, is the CEO and co-founder of Hakimo. A Stanford-trained electrical engineer and former doctoral researcher, he co-founded the company with Sagar Honnungar to apply AI to physical security monitoring using existing cameras and access control systems. He earned the President of India Prize at IIT Madras and an M.S. at Stanford.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Hakimo
- **Organizations:** Hakimo, Stanford University, Forbes Technology Council
- **Education:** B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Ph.D. studies in Electrical Engineering (on leave; degree completion not established), Stanford University
- **Known for:** President of India Prize for the highest academic record among IIT Madras graduating B.Tech. and Dual Degree students in 2016., IIT Madras CGPA of 9.96/10, as recorded in his CV., OP Jindal Engineering and Management Scholarship in 2015.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Completed CBSE Class XII at Kendriya Vidyalaya Adoor with 98.6%, third highest in India, according to his CV.
- **2016** — Graduated from IIT Madras with the President of India Prize; began graduate studies at Stanford under Sachin Katti.
- **2020** — Co-founded Hakimo with Sagar Honnungar.
- **2021** — Hakimo announced a $4 million seed round on November 16 and released access control monitoring software on November 23.
- **2022** — Hakimo Alarm Monitoring 2.0 received the SIA NPS Judges' Choice Award and Commercial Monitoring Solutions category award.
- **2023** — Hakimo announced $6 million in funding led by Rocketship.vc.
- **2025** — Hakimo announced a $10.5 million Series A and AI Operator launch on March 27.
- **2026** — Hakimo launched Forensic Search in January and announced a $12 million growth round in July.

## Achievements

- President of India Prize for the highest academic record among IIT Madras graduating B.Tech. and Dual Degree students in 2016.
- IIT Madras CGPA of 9.96/10, as recorded in his CV.
- OP Jindal Engineering and Management Scholarship in 2015.
- Co-founded Hakimo, whose Alarm Monitoring 2.0 won the 2022 SIA NPS Judges' Choice Award.
- Announced Hakimo's $12 million growth round in July 2026, reporting $32 million in total funding.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Announced a $12 million Zigg Capital-led growth round; reported more than 300 customers, tripled year-over-year revenue, a doubled team, and $32 million total funding.
- **2026-01** — Hakimo launched natural-language Forensic Search for recorded video.
- **2025-05** — Explained Hakimo's remote guarding for Skanska's I-405 construction project in a KIRO interview.

## Links

- Website: https://www.hakimo.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samjosephkpl/

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Last updated: 2026-10-08