Rahul Ponnala

Rahul Ponnala is the CEO and Co-Founder of Granica, a company focused on developing data and AI solutions to enhance the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of AIML for enterprises. Since May 2019, Rahul has successfully raised $45 million from notable investors, including NEA and Bain Capital. In addition, Rahul serves as a Governing Board Member for the FinOps Foundation and is a Fellow of the British Computer Society. As an angel investor, Rahul has been actively involved in supporting startups since January 2020. Previously, Rahul held engineering roles at Pure Storage and various startups from August 2009 to May 2019. Rahul holds a Master of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from Indiana State University and a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.