# Saurabh Chandra

> Saurabh Chandra is the co-founder and CEO of Ati Motors (Ati Robotics), a Bengaluru-born maker of autonomous mobile robots for factory and warehouse material movement. A mechanical engineer from IIT (BHU) Varanasi who earlier built and sold the IT services firm Neev to Razorfish, he started Ati in 2017 to bring self-driving-car style autonomy to the factory floor. His Sherpa robots now move trolleys, bins and pallets for customers including Airbus, Hyundai, Samsung and TVS Motor, and in January 2025 the company raised a $20M Series B to expand into North America.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Ati Motors (Ati Robotics)
- **Organizations:** Ati Motors, Neev Information Technologies, Razorfish, Talisma, Pi Corporation
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Ati Motors to hundreds of autonomous mobile robots deployed across roughly 40 manufacturers., Won marquee industrial customers including Airbus, Ceat Tyres, Forvia, Hyundai, Samsung and TVS Motor., Raised a $20M all-equity Series B in January 2025 co-led by Walden Catalyst Ventures and NGP Capital.

## Career timeline

- **2001** — Joined Talisma as a program manager after graduating from IIT (BHU).
- **2004** — Program manager and consultant at Pi Corporation.
- **2005** — Co-founded Neev Information Technologies and served as CEO.
- **2013** — Neev was acquired by Razorfish; continued as CEO of the Neev delivery center.
- **2017** — Co-founded Ati Motors in Bengaluru with Vinay V and Saad Nasser; became CEO.
- **2025** — Raised a $20M Series B and announced North American expansion into Detroit.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Ati Motors to hundreds of autonomous mobile robots deployed across roughly 40 manufacturers.
- Won marquee industrial customers including Airbus, Ceat Tyres, Forvia, Hyundai, Samsung and TVS Motor.
- Raised a $20M all-equity Series B in January 2025 co-led by Walden Catalyst Ventures and NGP Capital.
- Built a full-stack robotics company that designs its own software, hardware and sensor-fusion in-house.
- Earlier co-founded Neev Information Technologies and led it to an acquisition by Razorfish.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Ati Motors raised a $20M Series B co-led by Walden Catalyst Ventures and NGP Capital, with plans to expand into North America via Detroit.
- **2025-06** — Chandra spoke publicly on the future of manufacturing and the role of physical AI on the factory floor.

## Links

- Website: https://atirobotics.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/saurabhchandra
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ati_motors
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndYik5XgFlM

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