# Siva Surendira

> Siva Surendira is the founder and CEO of Lyzr AI, a Jersey City-based enterprise agent infrastructure platform building what he calls an Agentic Operating System for Fortune 500 companies in finance, retail, and government. A two-time founder, he previously built PowerUpCloud (acquired by L&T in 2019) and started Lyzr in 2023. Lyzr raised an $8M Series A in 2025 followed by a $14.5M Series A+ in March 2026 led by Accenture Ventures, pushing valuation to about $250M.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Lyzr AI
- **Organizations:** Lyzr AI, PowerUpCloud (prior), LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech (prior), Tesco (prior), Pearson India (prior), Forbes Technology Council
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** B.E., Electronics and Communication, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Executive Education, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Founded PowerUpCloud, acquired by L&T Group in 2019, Grew L&T's AWS business 6x as global head, Founded Lyzr AI in 2023, now serving Fortune 500 finance, retail, and government customers

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Graduates from Coimbatore Institute of Technology
- **2010s** — Data engineering roles at Tesco, Pearson India
- **2016** — Co-founds PowerUpCloud, an AWS consulting firm
- **2019** — PowerUpCloud acquired by L&T Group; becomes global head of AWS business at LTI
- **2023** — Founds Lyzr AI
- **2024** — Lyzr raises $2.7M seed
- **2025** — Raises $8M Series A led by Rocketship.vc
- **2026-03** — Raises $14.5M Series A+ led by Accenture Ventures at ~$250M valuation

## Achievements

- Founded PowerUpCloud, acquired by L&T Group in 2019
- Grew L&T's AWS business 6x as global head
- Founded Lyzr AI in 2023, now serving Fortune 500 finance, retail, and government customers
- Raised $16.7M+ across seed, Series A, and Series A+
- Forbes Technology Council member
- Speaker at FinovateFall and AIMC Fall Term 2025

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Lyzr closes $14.5M Series A+ led by Accenture Ventures at ~$250M valuation
- **2025** — $8M Series A led by Rocketship.vc, with GFT Ventures, Accenture Ventures, Firstsource, Plug and Play, BGV, Partnership Fund for NYC, Arka

## Links

- Website: https://www.lyzr.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivasurend/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/theAIsailor
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35lDfbum0K4

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Last updated: 2026-07-08