Indian-American startup raises $200 million; Expansion of leadership team – Times of India

Washington: A US-led artificial intelligence startup in India silicon Valley On Wednesday, it said it had raised $200 million so far and added key members to its leadership team.
Viianai Systems, a human-centered AI platform and products company founded by Indian American Vishal Sikka, also noted the expansion of its leadership team in a news release, saying it has helped Dr. latest Budhiraja as its Chief Technology Officer and Dean Germayer as its Chief Revenue Officer.
Newly appointed members of the team also included Shabana Khan which has been made its marketing head and Pradeep Panicker who has taken over as its finance head, it added.
“I am delighted to welcome Naveen, Dean, Shabana and Pradeep to Viaan, to complement our already exceptional leadership team,” said Vinai Systems Founder-cum-CEO Sikka.
“All of these bring deep enterprise expertise in delivering innovation, an unwavering focus on customer success and a deeply empathetic, learning way of working and building organizations,” he said.
“As enterprise leaders realize that the promotion of the first wave of AI approaches is paving the way for human-centered, design-based AI, they are looking at our products and our approach to AI for successful business value and Change delivers. This success is creating exceptionally strong demand for our products and our platform,” he said.
“Our leadership team represents the combination of expertise, experience and dedication to customer success needed to help enterprises around the world realize the full business potential of AI,” he said.
Wienai is one of the fastest growing Artificial Intelligence (AI) startups in Silicon Valley. It has raised $200 million in two rounds so far and the final round was funded by SoftBank’s Vision Fund.
“Human-Centered AI works on AI’s vision as an amplifier of human intelligence that combines the power of human judgment with the best of AI technologies to drive transformative business outcomes,” Sikka said in the release.
“The need for a more human-centered approach to AI has intensified rapidly as many enterprises still struggle to realize the full potential of their AI investments,” it added.