Anoop Gupta
Anoop Gupta is Executive Chair at SeekOut, a startup he co-founded in 2017 that is still running. He previously held senior leadership and research roles at Microsoft, including Corporate Vice President and Distinguished Scientist. His expertise includes talent acquisition and agentic AI.
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Anoop Gutpa - CEO and Co-founder at SeekOut
Anoop Gupta is the CEO and Co-Founder of SeekOut, an AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform helping organizations recruit, retain, and grow talent. Anoop started SeekOut after an 18-year career at Microsoft. During his tenure, Anoop was the Corporate Vice-President of the multibillion-dollar Unified Communications Group (Skype + Exchange). He was TA to Bill Gates, advising on technology and product strategy, and as a Distinguished Scientist at MSR, he led work on AI, Natural User Interfaces, and Telepresence. Prior to Microsoft, Anoop was a tenured professor at Stanford University and he holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. See…
Organizations
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SeekOut Executive Chair 2026–present, Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Co-Founder and CEO at SeekOut 2017–2026 · current
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Microsoft Distinguished Scientist 2010–2015, Corporate Vice President, Technology Policy and Strategy 2007–2010, Corporate Vice President, Unified Communications Group 2003–2007, Technology Assistant to Bill Gates 2001–2003, Principal Researcher 1997–2001 · past
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VXtreme, Inc. Co-founder and Chief Scientist 1995–1997 · past
Education
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Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D., Computer Science · 1980–1986
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Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi B. Tech., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science · 1975–1980
