# Soumyadeb Mitra

> Soumyadeb Mitra is the founder and CEO of RudderStack, a customer data platform he co-founded in 2019 after working on machine learning and customer data infrastructure at 8x8. Previously co-founder and CTO of MarianaIQ, acquired by 8x8 in 2018, he holds a computer science PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and studied at IIT Delhi. His public work centers on developer control, warehouse-centered data infrastructure and the data foundations required by AI.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at RudderStack
- **Organizations:** RudderStack, MarianaIQ, 8x8, Data Domain
- **Education:** Dual degree (BTech + MTech), Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, PhD, Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- **Known for:** Co-author of the VLDB 2006 best paper award-winning work on trustworthy keyword search., Honorable mention, 2010 ACM SIGMOD Jim Gray Doctoral Dissertation Award, advised by Marianne Winslett., Co-founded MarianaIQ, acquired by 8x8 in 2018.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Co-authored a VLDB best paper award-winning paper on trustworthy keyword search.
- **2008** — Completed a computer science PhD; joined Data Domain as a principal engineer/architect.
- **2010** — Received an honorable mention for the ACM SIGMOD Jim Gray Doctoral Dissertation Award.
- **2013-2018** — Co-founder and CTO at MarianaIQ; public speaker timeline lists December 2013 to March 2018.
- **2018** — MarianaIQ acquired by 8x8; became senior director of machine learning at 8x8.
- **2019** — Co-founded RudderStack with Shvet Jain.
- **2021** — RudderStack announced a $21 million Series A led by Kleiner Perkins.
- **2022** — RudderStack announced a $56 million Series B led by Insight Partners; total disclosed funding reached $82 million.
- **2026** — Published essays on AI agents operating data infrastructure and recurring customer data problems.

## Achievements

- Co-author of the VLDB 2006 best paper award-winning work on trustworthy keyword search.
- Honorable mention, 2010 ACM SIGMOD Jim Gray Doctoral Dissertation Award, advised by Marianne Winslett.
- Co-founded MarianaIQ, acquired by 8x8 in 2018.
- Co-founded RudderStack and led it through its 2021 Series A and 2022 Series B.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Published “Five data problems we see at almost every company” on October 20, focusing on collection quality and downstream algorithms and agents.
- **2026-03** — Published “CLI or MCP or both? The design pattern for AI agents managing your data stack” on March 18.

## Links

- Website: https://www.rudderstack.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soumyadeb-mitra
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/soumyadeb_mitra

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