Co-Founder & CEO @ SGBI Inc. An entrepreneur in SiliconValley focussing on solving testing automation challenges using Robotics & AI.
San Francisco, CA
Joined January 2013
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What if the glasses you already wear could become AI glasses?
My friend @rohildev is building a tiny gadget to make that happen.
Check out what he’s working on.
Superintelligence shouldn’t be stuck in iMessage.
We’ve partnered with @wajo_ai to integrate Fo MCP with our new device that turns any pair of eyeglasses into AI glasses.
You can wake up Fo simply by saying “Hey Fo,” even when your phone is locked and in your pocket. Fo can also proactively talk to you.
Wonderful support from @shivanipod and the Wajo team in making this happen in such a short time.
We’re on a mission to bring super-intelligence closer to humans.
This isn’t the first time we've won a competition. But this moment feels special. 🏆
SGBI won the AI Hardware & Software Track award at #TiECon_East_2026 with QUACO.
What makes this especially meaningful to me is seeing QUACO gain visibility and recognition as we grow our presence in the United States and earn the trust of many top enterprise customers & partners.
AI is helping companies develop and release software faster. But validating how that software behaves on real devices still requires significant human effort. Conventional automation tools often demand heavy script maintenance and reach their limits when physical interaction is needed. We need a smarter way to solve this testing automation bottleneck.
That’s where #QUACO comes in.
Describe what you want to test in natural language. QUACO turns that intent into automated test scripts, executes the software steps, and brings in robotic fingers and cameras wherever physical interaction is needed. Like an Intelligent test engineer, QUACO helps enterprises move faster.
A big thank you to our @SastraRobotics team, I know how much work goes into every demo, every deployment, and every customer we support. And to our customers, investors, and mentors, thank you for believing in us and helping us get here. ❤️.
Special thanks to @tieboston @tiesv @tiekerala @TiEGlobal @nasscomdeeptech , and @startup_mission for connecting us with investors, customers, and incredible mentors and for your continued support and encouragement.
It means a lot to share this moment with the people helping us move forward. ❤️
#PhysicalAI #TestAutomation #EnterpriseAI #Robotics #QUACO #TiEConEast2026
Happy to be in Boston presenting @SastraRobotics one of 18 finalists at TiECON East 2026!
@tiekerala @tiesv @TiEGlobal has been part of my entrepreneurial journey from the early days. Thank you, TiE Boston, @nasscomdeeptech , and everyone supporting us as we bring Physical AI to enterprise QA!
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The path from a working Deeptech product to an enterprise deployment runs through data and AI infrastructure.
A cohort of @nasscomstartups visited @Snowflake at the SV AI Hub in Silicon Valley today, for a session on enterprise scale and AI infrastructure. Alongside technical exposure, founders explored where their solutions could align with Snowflake's AI Data Cloud.
Enterprise buyers evaluating frontier technology tend to ask the same questions: how a solution handles data at scale, how it fits into the systems they already run, and how it holds up in production. Sessions like this put those questions in front of founders early, as India's Deeptech startups prepare to build for global enterprise buyers.
@nasscom @nasscomdeeptech @sangeetagupta29
@ShaliniDewan @MayankKumar_17 @doshikavita
@MokkaSpeaks
#NasscomInnoTrekUSA2026 #NasscomDeeptech #Deeptech #Snowflake
Attending India DeepTech Confluence 2026 Valley Edition by @nasscomdeeptech @VentureDock today.
Great insights from the panel and plenty to take back as we build SGBI’s next chapter in physical AI for enterprise QA. #NasscomInnoTrek #DeepTech #PhysicalAI
Is anyone here already using Grok Bot for day-to-day work?
I’d appreciate firsthand feedback, especially on tasks like using multiple applications to achieve multiple tasks simultaneously.
If you’ve tried it alongside ChatGPT or Claude for similar tasks, what worked well, where did it struggle, and how much supervision did it need?
Every visit to New York makes the case clearer, we should have an office here.
Around 30% of our U.S. inbound sales opportunities come from this city. The energy is constant, and the opportunity is real.
A city that never sleeps🗽🥰
@nasscomdeeptech thanks for considering @SastraRobotics for the Innotrek 2026 delegation.
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Indian Deeptech founders landed in New York with four things to build: capital access, customer conversations, partnerships, and university collaborations.
Nasscom #InnoTrekUSA2026 began with a curtain raiser at the Consulate General of India in New York, where each participating Deeptech startup presented its solution directly to investors, enterprise CXOs, and ecosystem partners.
Ambassador Binaya S. Pradhan, Consul General of India in New York, welcomed the delegation and told the founders they had arrived in the US at the right time. He spoke about those four routes and about the widening scope for India and US cooperation in frontier technologies.
Ravi Kuchibhotla, Chief Strategy Officer at @Cognizant, spoke on partnering and co-innovating with fast-scaling startups. @wsmathews, Vice President of State Governmental Affairs at @PSEGdelivers, and @doshikavita, Senior Director, Communications at @nasscom, closed the evening in conversation on cross-border talent mobility and sustainable data centers.
Thank you to the Consulate General of India in New York and to the founders, investors, and leaders who joined the curtain raiser. The days ahead carry the rest of the program: technology exchange, cross-border growth, and partnerships.
@nasscom @nasscomdeeptech @sangeetagupta29
@ShaliniDewan @MayankKumar_1 @doshikavita
@MokkaSpeaks @notrandomatalll @santhukral
@aroninp @astrikosai @CogitXAI @ConstemsAI @IntelloLabs @LogisticsNowLN @marbleshealth @Mysellercentral @neuriot_tech @OpenTurfTech @qraptorai @SastraRobotics @SinroRobotics @yodaplustech
#Nasscom #NasscomDeeptech #InnoTrekUSA2026
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Day 2 of Nasscom InnoTrek USA 2026 took the cohort to the NJ AI Hub in Princeton, a central node in New Jersey's growing innovation corridor.
The founders pitched to a full room of venture capitalists, angel investors, and market access experts. The questions were the ones that matter at this stage: does the technology hold up outside the lab, is there a real buyer, and what does the path to a US customer actually look like.
That is the point of a market access program. Not visibility, but the specific feedback that tells a founder what to fix before the next conversation.
Thank you to the investors, mentors, and ecosystem partners who showed up to both challenge and back these founders.
@nasscom @nasscomdeeptech @sangeetagupta29
@ShaliniDewan @MayankKumar_1 @doshikavita
@MokkaSpeaks @notrandomatalll @santhukral @aroninp @astrikosai @CogitXAI @ConstemsAI
@IntelloLabs @LogisticsNowLN @marbleshealth
@Mysellercentral @neuriot_tech @OpenTurfTech @qraptorai @SastraRobotics @SinroRobotics
@yodaplustech
#NasscomInnoTrekUSA2026 #NasscomDeeptech #Deeptech
Presenting @SastraRobotics at the Indian Consulate in New York.
Day 1 of @nasscomdeeptech InnoTrek 2026
Grateful to @nasscom and @startup_mission 🇮🇳🇺🇸
@IndiainNewYork
This is more than just a podcast clip for me.
I have spoken about my journey through interviews and articles before. But this was the first podcast interview of my life, and it came at a meaningful point in my journey after moving to the United States.
Watch the full episode: lnkd.in/gkn25sgs
Thanks, @Felix_Josemon @KeralaPH @safilsunny
Finally landed at SJC. 🤯
Thanks @SouthwestAir for one of the worst trips I’ve had in my entire life.
After multiple delays, changes and airports, I ended up spending nearly 16 hours waiting in airports. If I’d known upfront it would be this long, I could’ve at least stepped out instead of spending the entire day and night inside airports.
What a trip. 😵💫 Thanks for giving me a grand tour of airports across the East, Central and West Coast.
@SouthwestAir 5th departure time change. 🤯
Looking like 9 hours waiting at this airport, followed by another 7-hour overnight wait at the next one.
Apparently it’s all being blamed on weather, which means no hotel, no accommodation… just a very, very long night courtesy of @SouthwestAir
Southwest is really testing my patience today 🤐
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@SouthwestAir 5th departure time change. 🤯
Looking like 9 hours waiting at this airport, followed by another 7-hour overnight wait at the next one.
Apparently it’s all being blamed on weather, which means no hotel, no accommodation… just a very, very long night courtesy of @SouthwestAir
Southwest is really testing my patience today 🤐
How many of you know why humanoid robotics companies are so obsessed with making robots fold laundry? 🤖👕
It’s not really about the laundry 🤗
കാര്യങ്ങളൊക്കെ നല്ല രസമാണ്… robotics startup founder, traveling around the world, meeting new people, getting new deals… exciting journey
പക്ഷേ വിശക്കുമ്പോൾ ഞാൻ തനി മലയാളി ആവും.
എനിക്കിപ്പോ ചോറും മീൻകറിയും വേണം 🥹😂
Started visiting New York more frequently lately 🗽
Would love to connect with the NYC robotics community, founders, engineers, researchers, and anyone building interesting things in robotics.
Who should I meet?