# Tarun Raisoni

> Tarun Raisoni is the CEO and Co-Founder of Gruve, a Redwood City-based AI services company he launched in February 2024 after selling his previous venture, Rahi Systems, to Wesco International. Rahi Systems scaled to $500M+ in annual revenue across 25 countries with no external funding - then Tarun pivoted immediately to AI, co-founding Gruve with a mission to deliver outcome-based enterprise AI services. Within months, Gruve raised $87.5M in total funding, completed multiple acquisitions, grew to 500+ employees, and unlocked 500+ MW of distributed AI inference capacity across the United States. He is one of the rare founders who has built and exited multiple hundred-million-dollar companies and come back for more.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Gruve
- **Organizations:** Gruve, Rahi Systems, Wesco International, Cisco Systems, Emerson Networks, Napatech
- **Nationality:** American (Indian-origin)
- **Education:** MS in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Diploma in Finance, University of California, Berkeley, BS in Chemical Engineering, University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT)
- **Known for:** Built Rahi Systems from zero to $500M+ annual revenue without external venture funding, Scaled Rahi Systems to 900+ employees across 25 countries in 10 years, Successfully exited Rahi Systems to Wesco International (2022)

## Career timeline

- **1995-1999** — BS in Chemical Engineering, UDCT, India
- **1999** — Arrived in the United States during the dot-com boom
- **ca. 1999-2001** — MS in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
- **2001-2011** — Cisco Systems - Started as software engineer, transitioned to pre-sales and sales over a decade
- **ca. 2011-2012** — Roles at Emerson Networks and Napatech managing hyperscale Bay Area accounts (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft)
- **2012** — Co-founded Rahi Systems, a data center solutions company
- **2012-2022** — CEO at Rahi Systems - scaled to $500M+ annual revenue, 900+ employees, 25 countries, zero external funding
- **2021-2023** — Named Top 100 CEO by Comparably three years in a row
- **2022** — Rahi Systems acquired by Wesco International
- **2022-2024** — SVP, Data Center Solutions at Wesco International
- **2024-02** — Co-founded Gruve with Sushil Goyal, Rajeev Khanolkar, and Swati Deshpande
- **2024-07** — Gruve launched publicly and announced first acquisition: SecurView
- **2024-09** — Gruve acquired NetServ to bolster cloud and AI capabilities
- **2024-10** — Gruve acquired Lumos Cloud and formed strategic partnership with Gluware
- **2025-04** — Gruve closed $20M Series A led by Mayfield with Cisco Investments; total funding reached $37.5M
- **2026-02** — Gruve closed $50M follow-on Series A led by Xora Innovation (Temasek-backed); total funding $87.5M
- **2026-02** — Gruve unlocked 500+ MW distributed AI inference capacity across the US

## Achievements

- Built Rahi Systems from zero to $500M+ annual revenue without external venture funding
- Scaled Rahi Systems to 900+ employees across 25 countries in 10 years
- Successfully exited Rahi Systems to Wesco International (2022)
- Co-founded Gruve in 2024 - reached 500+ employees in under 2 years
- Raised $87.5M total funding for Gruve (as of February 2026)
- Completed 3 strategic acquisitions (SecurView, NetServ, Lumos Cloud) within Gruve's first year
- Unlocked 500+ MW of distributed AI inference capacity across the United States
- Named Top 100 CEO by Comparably in 2021, 2022, and 2023
- CEO rating of 90/100 on Comparably - top 5% for companies of similar size
- Pioneered outcome-based AI services model with software-like (70-80%) gross margins

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Gruve closed $50M follow-on Series A led by Xora Innovation (Temasek-backed), bringing total funding to $87.5M
- **2026-02** — Gruve unlocked 500+ MW of distributed AI inference capacity with 30 MW live across four US sites
- **2025-04** — Gruve raised $20M Series A led by Mayfield Fund with Cisco Investments participation
- **2024-10** — Gruve acquired Lumos Cloud and announced strategic partnership with Gluware for network automation
- **2024-09** — Gruve acquired NetServ to expand cloud services and AI workload migration capabilities
- **2024-07** — Gruve launched publicly and made first acquisition: SecurView (AI, data management, cybersecurity)

## Links

- Website: https://gruve.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raisoni
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TrusliLawyer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/truslilawyer/

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Last updated: 2026-05-22