# Tanmai Gopal

> Tanmai Gopal is the engineer and founder behind Hasura and PromptQL. After studying computer science at IIT Madras, experimenting with research, consulting and consumer products, he and Rajoshi Ghosh built an open-source GraphQL engine that grew into a venture-backed data infrastructure company. His current work applies the same data-access obsession to shared, secure AI systems for teams.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at PromptQL
- **Organizations:** PromptQL, Hasura, 34 Cross, IMAD, IIT Madras
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Integrated dual degree, BTech and MTech in Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- **Known for:** Co-created Hasura GraphQL Engine, an open-source system that generates real-time GraphQL APIs over data., Built Hasura with co-founder Rajoshi Ghosh into a company valued at $1 billion in its 2022 Series C financing., Helped create and teach the IMAD online course, which reached more than 250,000 students.

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Completed a research internship at Microsoft Research.
- **2012** — Graduated from IIT Madras with an integrated dual degree in computer science and chose entrepreneurship over campus placements.
- **2012-2013** — Worked on research and consulting projects and co-founded the food-delivery experiment The Brass Plate.
- **2013-2017** — Co-founded and led engineering at 34 Cross, working on software products and enterprise modernization.
- **2016** — Co-created and instructed Introduction to Modern Application Development, a large open online course that reached more than 250,000 students.
- **2017** — Co-founded Hasura with Rajoshi Ghosh.
- **2018** — Released the Hasura GraphQL Engine as an open-source project.
- **2022** — Hasura announced a $100 million Series C led by Greenoaks, bringing reported total funding to $136.5 million and valuation to $1 billion.
- **2025** — Introduced PromptQL as a new data-access product for AI while continuing Hasura GraphQL Engine and Hasura DDN.
- **2026** — Presented PromptQL as a multiplayer AI coworker built around shared context, identity and permissions.

## Achievements

- Co-created Hasura GraphQL Engine, an open-source system that generates real-time GraphQL APIs over data.
- Built Hasura with co-founder Rajoshi Ghosh into a company valued at $1 billion in its 2022 Series C financing.
- Helped create and teach the IMAD online course, which reached more than 250,000 students.
- Led Hasura's expansion from a Postgres-focused GraphQL engine toward multi-source data access, DDN and PromptQL.
- Published technical explanations of Hasura's high-performance GraphQL-to-SQL architecture and product philosophy.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — PromptQL launched a team-oriented AI workspace and Gopal publicly framed the product around shared context and multiplayer collaboration.
- **2026-07** — PromptQL announced Tag for Microsoft Teams, describing a configurable AI coworker that respects user identity and permissions.
- **2026-06** — Gopal published posts on multiplayer AI authorization, agent identity and the importance of maintaining useful context.
- **2026-03** — He wrote about the limitations of text-to-SQL systems on real-world data questions and argued for more reliable approaches.
- **2025-06** — He announced PromptQL as a new chapter from the creators of Hasura, while stating that Hasura GraphQL Engine and DDN would continue.

## Links

- Website: https://www.promptql.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanmaig
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/tanmaigo
- GitHub: https://github.com/coco98

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Last updated: 2026-08-27