Three months old. $9.6 million seed round.
That’s what you get when industry veterans come together to start up. Abhinav Sinha (former Global COO and CPO at OYO, ex BCG), Vamshidhar Reddy (Former Partner at McKinsey, ex-AMD), and Abhijeet Singh (Former VP of Cloud at Jio, ex-AT&T) have launched Kluisz.ai – Next Gen Cloud, a secure, scalable cloud for the AI era—developer-first, open, with zero-trust security, and full control across hybrid, on-prem, edge, and sovereign deployments.
What is the news?
- Kluisz.ai – Next Gen Cloud has raised $9.6 million in seed funding led by RTP Global, with participation from Unicorn India Ventures, Blume Founders Fund, Climber Capital, and notable angels including Ritesh Agarwal (OYO) and Dr Ritesh Malik (Innov8).
- The three-month-old startup, founded by former executives from OYO, McKinsey, and Jio, plans to use 80% of funds to scale their Bengaluru engineering team, focusing on infrastructure and systems software talent.
Why is it interesting?
- The founding team’s combination of global operations and cloud infrastructure expertise positions them uniquely to understand enterprise pain points around AI deployment complexity. Their “zero-trust, AI-native orchestration platform” addresses the growing demand for secure, compliant cloud infrastructure that can handle autonomous AI workloads across hybrid, on-premises, edge, and sovereign deployments.
- As enterprises increasingly seek alternatives to hyperscaler dependency and governments push for data sovereignty, Kluisz.ai – Next Gen Cloud ‘s developer-first, zero-trust approach hits a critical market inflection point. Their focus on “reimagining private cloud in the AI era” with embedded intelligence in security and workload management addresses two converging trends: AI adoption acceleration and the need for more autonomous, secure cloud operations that reduce manual overhead while maintaining enterprise-grade compliance.
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