# Sriharsha Guduguntla

> Sriharsha 'Sai' Guduguntla is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hyperbound, a YC S23-backed enterprise AI platform that pioneered AI sales roleplay. A self-taught full-stack engineer with 12+ years of software development experience and a UC Berkeley CS graduate (2022), he previously worked at Salesforce's Einstein AI Chatbots team and as a founding engineer at Bloom (YC W21). After conducting 2,000+ user interviews, he and co-founder Atul Raghunathan pivoted Hyperbound from email automation into the first scalable AI sales practice arena - trusted by IBM, LinkedIn, Monday.com, Bloomberg, and Autodesk. In September 2025, Hyperbound raised a $15M Series A led by Peak XV Partners.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Hyperbound
- **Organizations:** Hyperbound, Y Combinator, UC Berkeley RISE Lab, Salesforce, Bloom (YC W21)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Data Science, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Co-founded Hyperbound, the pioneer of AI sales roleplay, now trusted by IBM, LinkedIn, Monday.com, Bloomberg, Autodesk, G2, and Vanta, Raised $15M Series A led by Peak XV Partners (September 2025), Grew Hyperbound to 30,000+ users

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Joined UC Berkeley, began research at RISE Lab
- **2020** — Software Engineering intern at Salesforce, Einstein AI Chatbots team
- **2021** — Second internship at Salesforce; founding engineer at Bloom (YC W21), a financial education app
- **2022** — Graduated UC Berkeley with BS in Computer Science; co-founded Calypso, a fintech loan servicing platform
- **2023** — Co-founded Hyperbound with Atul Raghunathan; accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2023 batch
- **2024-01** — Launched Hyperbound's AI sales roleplay platform publicly; product pivoted from email automation
- **2025-09** — Hyperbound raised $15M Series A led by Peak XV Partners with participation from Snowflake Ventures, Roble Ventures, and Fellows Fund

## Achievements

- Co-founded Hyperbound, the pioneer of AI sales roleplay, now trusted by IBM, LinkedIn, Monday.com, Bloomberg, Autodesk, G2, and Vanta
- Raised $15M Series A led by Peak XV Partners (September 2025)
- Grew Hyperbound to 30,000+ users
- Achieved two consecutive months of $1M+ in new ARR before signing Series A term sheet
- Accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2023 batch
- Conducted 2,000+ user interviews during product development
- Contributed to open-source projects XBOS and ERDOS at UC Berkeley RISE Lab
- Top 3 finalist in Berkeley Collider Cup (150+ teams)
- Served on Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) leadership team at UC Berkeley
- Self-taught full-stack engineer and designer with 12+ years of experience

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Hyperbound raised $15M Series A led by Peak XV Partners, with Snowflake Ventures, Roble Ventures, Y Combinator, and Fellows Fund participating
- **2025-09** — Hyperbound hit two consecutive months of $1M+ new ARR before signing term sheet, reaching end-of-year targets early
- **2024-01** — Hyperbound publicly launched its AI sales roleplay platform, becoming the first scalable AI practice arena for sales teams
- **2026-05** — Hyperbound platform now serves 30,000+ users across enterprises including IBM, LinkedIn, Monday.com, Bloomberg, Autodesk, G2, Vanta, Airwallex, and Hub International

## Links

- Website: https://sriharshaguduguntla.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sguduguntla/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sguduguntla11
- GitHub: https://github.com/sguduguntla
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SaiGuduguntula

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Last updated: 2026-05-13