Anoop Gupta
Executive Chair at SeekOut
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.
IA40 Spotlight: SeekOut CEO Anoop Gupta and VP of People Jenny Armstrong-Owen on AI-powered talent solutions, developing talent, and maintaining culture
This week on Founded and Funded, we spotlight our next IA40 winner – SeekOut. Investor Ishani Ummat talks to SeekOut Co-founder and CEO Anoop Gupta and VP of People Jenny Armstrong-Owen about their AI-powered intelligence platform, the importance of not only finding and recruiting new hires but also developing and retaining employees within a company, and maintaining SeekOut's own culture while seeing significant growth over the last year.
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
