Deeptech startup Kluisz.ai has raised $9.6 million in seed funding to build a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)-driven private cloud platform. The round was led by early-stage venture capital firm RTP Global, with participation from Unicorn India Ventures, Blume Founders Fund, Climber Capital, and angel investors.
Founded by Abhinav Sinha, former chief operating officer (COO) at OYO; Vamshidhar Reddy, former partner at McKinsey; and Abhijeet Singh, former vice president of cloud at Jio, the startup aims to build private cloud infrastructure for enterprises by offering an AI-orchestrated, secure, and scalable stack.
“Private cloud today transfers the ownership of managing infrastructure to the customer. It is complex, needs large teams, and brings in heavy operational overheads. We are building a stack that removes the pain from design, setup, and day-zero to day-two operations,” Sinha, the COO, told ET.
With Gartner estimating that 90% of enterprises will run workloads across hybrid cloud setups by 2027, Kluisz.ai said it wants to solve existing pain points around automation, security, and compliance and manage workloads automatically. The platform will allow teams to set performance, cost, and policy goals while automating the infrastructure orchestration to meet them.
The funding will be used to expand the engineering team in Bengaluru, accelerate product development, and support deployments with early customers in India and the Middle East. Kluisz said it is already engaging with multiple potential customers, with a focus on banking and finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and governments.
“Abhinav, Vamshi, and Abhijeet bring world-class experience and vision to this space. This is a team with deep technical experience and the product and market instinct to reimagine the private cloud in the AI era. We’re excited to back them,” said Madhur Makkar, principal at RTP Global.
Unicorn India Ventures said Kluisz’s AI-deployed cloud management, which helps large teams stay secure and in compliance, is a game-changing offering.
Founded by Abhinav Sinha, former chief operating officer (COO) at OYO; Vamshidhar Reddy, former partner at McKinsey; and Abhijeet Singh, former vice president of cloud at Jio, the startup aims to build private cloud infrastructure for enterprises by offering an AI-orchestrated, secure, and scalable stack.
“Private cloud today transfers the ownership of managing infrastructure to the customer. It is complex, needs large teams, and brings in heavy operational overheads. We are building a stack that removes the pain from design, setup, and day-zero to day-two operations,” Sinha, the COO, told ET.
With Gartner estimating that 90% of enterprises will run workloads across hybrid cloud setups by 2027, Kluisz.ai said it wants to solve existing pain points around automation, security, and compliance and manage workloads automatically. The platform will allow teams to set performance, cost, and policy goals while automating the infrastructure orchestration to meet them.
The funding will be used to expand the engineering team in Bengaluru, accelerate product development, and support deployments with early customers in India and the Middle East. Kluisz said it is already engaging with multiple potential customers, with a focus on banking and finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and governments.
“Abhinav, Vamshi, and Abhijeet bring world-class experience and vision to this space. This is a team with deep technical experience and the product and market instinct to reimagine the private cloud in the AI era. We’re excited to back them,” said Madhur Makkar, principal at RTP Global.
Unicorn India Ventures said Kluisz’s AI-deployed cloud management, which helps large teams stay secure and in compliance, is a game-changing offering.