Umesh Sachdev is the CEO and Co-founder of Uniphore, a sovereign and open Business AI platform keenly focused on helping large organizations turn AI into real business outcomes. Today, Uniphore serves more than 2,500 enterprise customers worldwide, including many Fortune 500 companies, is approaching $1B in bookings, and is growing approximately 100% year over year. Launched in 2025, Uniphore's Business AI Cloud is among the first enterprise-grade AI platforms purpose-built to unify data, knowledge, models, and agents in a way that is truly usable, scalable, and governed for business.
A recognized voice on the future of enterprise AI, Umesh has been honored as a 'Next Generation Leader' by TIME, an 'Innovator Under 35' by MIT Technology Review, and a '40 Under 40' Bright Young Business Leader by The Economic Times. He is a committed mentor to the next generation of founders, supporting emerging entrepreneurs through StartUp Connect, a nonprofit that helps young founders scale their businesses and create economic opportunities. Umesh is an alumnus of the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology.