# Venky Yerrapotu

> Venky Yerrapotu is the founder and CEO of 4CRisk.ai, a San Jose-based enterprise software executive whose career has moved through engineering, professional services, support, product development and entrepreneurship. After more than two decades in governance, risk and compliance technology and work on more than 400 deployments, he co-founded 4CRisk in 2019 to connect regulations with the policies, controls and risks inside companies. The business raised an $8 million Series A in 2022 and was acquired by CUBE in February 2026.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at 4CRisk.ai
- **Organizations:** 4CRisk.ai, CUBE, MetricStream, Oracle Corporation, Apexon
- **Education:** Undergraduate degree in Production Engineering, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Osmania University, Graduate degree in Industrial and Management Engineering, Montana State University-Bozeman
- **Known for:** Built experience across more than 400 risk and compliance solution deployments globally., Co-founded 4CRisk.ai in 2019., Raised an $8 million Series A for 4CRisk.ai in June 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2000-2003** — Platform Development Manager at Apexon.
- **2003-2004** — Practice Director at Oracle Corporation.
- **2004-2011** — Vice President of Professional Services at MetricStream.
- **2011-2019** — Executive Vice President of Engineering, Professional Services and Support at MetricStream.
- **2019** — Co-founded 4CRisk.ai with Supra Appikonda and became founder and CEO.
- **2022** — 4CRisk.ai raised an $8 million Series A led by Cloud Apps Capital Partners, with Touchdown Ventures participating.
- **2024-2025** — Published a series of articles on trustworthy AI, GRC, third-party risk and AI program execution through Forbes Technology Council.
- **2026** — 4CRisk.ai was acquired by CUBE; the 4CRisk team joined CUBE.

## Achievements

- Built experience across more than 400 risk and compliance solution deployments globally.
- Co-founded 4CRisk.ai in 2019.
- Raised an $8 million Series A for 4CRisk.ai in June 2022.
- Developed a purpose-built compliance platform using specialized language models to map regulations to policies, controls and risks.
- Led 4CRisk.ai through its acquisition by CUBE in February 2026.
- Authored a sustained series of practical articles on AI governance and risk for Forbes Technology Council.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — CUBE announced the acquisition of 4CRisk.ai; transaction terms were not disclosed and the 4CRisk team joined CUBE.
- **2026-01** — 4CRisk.ai was named to the RegTech100 for 2026 and placed in Chartis Research's Best of Breed quadrant for governance, resilience and compliance solutions.
- **2025-04** — Published an article on aligning AI program governance with AI project execution.
- **2025-01** — Published an article outlining five steps for deploying AI initiatives rapidly.

## Links

- Website: https://www.4crisk.ai/author/venky-yerrapotu
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venky-yerrapotu-478120
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/4crisk
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmem8qZU1QAQX_-0OJDWbbQ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/4CRisk.ai/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/4CRiskai-101629928558091

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Last updated: 2026-08-22