Team
Together we know how to tame the beast!
- Built software for internet scale (500M+ users)
- Delivered enterprise software for the most demanding Fortune 500+ enterprises
- Know what it means to be on the critical path for production
Divyam.AI needs all of the above to build a high-scale system for enterprises in the production path.
- Flipkart, Amazon, Bell Labs Production AI at 500M+ user scale
- IBM ·Microsoft ·Aerospike Delivered world leading enterprise products for Fortune 100 companies
- IISc ·IIT Bombay ·IIT Madras ·TUM Research depth from premier institutes
- 25+ Patents across distributed systems & AI inference
The People Building Divyam.AI
Built AI infrastructure at Flipkart, Amazon, Bell Labs, and IBM. Now building the platform they always needed.
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Sandeep Kohli
Co-founder & CEO
With 25+ years at Flipkart, IBM (Rational), and C-DAC (Param), Sandeep has been instrumental in building large-scale, AI-driven technology platforms. He specializes in optimizing infrastructure, enhancing developer productivity, and driving cost efficiency.
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Samik Datta
Founding Member
With 20 years at Amazon, Flipkart, Bell Labs, and Microsoft, Samik blends research and industry impact. His work spans fintech, AI-driven personalization, trust & safety, and incentive models, backed by multiple patents and research publications.
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R Bharat Kumar
Founding Member
Bharath has a decade of experience across Flipkart, Goals101, and Mu Sigma, specializing in AI-powered solutions, data platforms, and ML infrastructure. He has played a pivotal role in transforming AI ecosystems and fintech intelligence platforms.
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Ashish Shinde
Founding Member
20+ years of experience building distributed systems, NoSQL/vector databases, and scalable data platforms. Lead development on Vector Search, Kubernetes Operators, and core Aerospike database features (with multiple patents pending). Past roles include engineering leadership at Strand Life Sciences and SDE at Amazon. M.Tech. from IIT Bombay.
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Nilam Tathawadekar
Data Scientist
Completed M.E. in system science and automation from Indian Institute of Science. Worked at Flipkart as a Data Scientist on product sales forecasting. Ph.D. from Technical University of Munich in a joint program with GE Aviation under the EU-funded Marie Curie Programme, developing deep learning-based solutions for clean combustion technology.
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Priyank Patel
Data Scientist
Applied Scientist with 10 years of experience at Amazon and Flipkart building large-scale ML models. At Amazon, worked on inference latency optimization of transformer models, multi-objective search relevance ranking, and LLM-based classification. At Flipkart, focused on ranking, personalization, customer lifetime value modelling, and audience creation. MS from UT Austin.
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Sreerupa Sen
Resident AI Engineer
Distinguished Engineer with 32+ years shipping production systems at Q2 Software, IBM, and HP. At Q2, led the re-architecture of its digital banking platform from monolith to microservices on AWS and built high-performance lending frameworks used by banks with 1M+ loan books. Twelve years at IBM on Rational Team Concert, a $100M+ developer tools product, with five US patents and IBM’s Outstanding Technical Achievement Award.
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Anurag Pal
Software Engineer
Anurag holds a Master of Engineering in Computer Science from BITS Pilani. Before joining the team, he worked as a Software Development Intern at Flipkart where he contributed to the FCC team building ‘Flipkart in a box’. His core technical interests lie in cloud computing, distributed systems, and database internals.
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Piyush Mohite
Software Engineer
Software engineer focused on systems performance, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems. Built performance-focused systems software for autonomous vehicle platforms, along with infrastructure tooling, automation, and containerized cloud-native workflows. Previously at Texas Instruments, worked on enterprise data engineering across large database systems. Degree in Computer Science Engineering from BITS Pilani.
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People Who Helped Build Divyam.AI
We’re grateful to the former team members whose foundational contributions helped shape Divyam.AI.
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Sudhir Reddy
Co-founder & Former CTO
Bringing 20 years of experience from Flipkart, Yahoo!, and Symantec, Sudhir has led key initiatives in infrastructure, data platforms, and machine learning. He excels in building scalable systems that power seamless operations at an enterprise level.
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Manjeri Dharmarajan
Founding Member
A seasoned leader with 35+ years in enterprise software at Datycs, Precisely, IBM, and Rational. Manjeri has managed large teams and multi-million-dollar products, specializing in global software development, SaaS, and AI-driven platforms.
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Bharti Patel
Founding Member
Bharti Patel is a seasoned executive with strong business and technical expertise. She was Senior Vice President at Hitachi Vantara, leading data and infrastructure products, and spent over 20 years at IBM heading software units in e-commerce, mobility, data, and storage. As CTO at Alen, she drove digital transformation and IoT, delivering significant growth.
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Board of Advisors
Guided by the Best
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Dr. Rama Ramakrishnan
Board Advisor
Professor of the Practice in AI/ML at MIT Sloan School of Management. Founded or was a senior executive in several analytics software companies with successful exits to Oracle and Salesforce. His startup CQuotient (now Salesforce Einstein for Commerce) is one of the top B2C recommendation engines in the world. Served as Chief Analytics Officer for Oracle’s retail business and SVP for Data Science at Salesforce.
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Ravi Garikipati
Board Advisor
Ravi is a distinguished technology leader, entrepreneur, board member, investor, and mentor with over three decades of experience building and scaling transformative technology businesses. He has played pivotal leadership roles in some of the most influential technology organizations, including serving as CTO of Flipkart during a period of significant growth and innovation.
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