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Kabir Nagrecha

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Kabir Nagrecha
CEO & Co-Founder of
Tessera Labs (2024)
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Kabir Nagrecha is Co-Founder and CEO of Tessera Labs, a multi-agent AI platform redefining how enterprises modernize mission-critical ERP and business systems. He leads the company's vision of compressing multi-year transformation programs into weeks through scalable, governed AI execution.

Before founding

Kabir earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC San Diego at age 20, becoming one of the university's youngest-ever doctoral graduates, and was a Meta PhD Research Fellow. He previously served as a research scientist at Meta, Netflix, and Apple, where he built and published AI systems research at scale.

Founder Insights

A published AI systems researcher, Kabir presented work on reinforcement learning for deep learning recommendation model pipelines at ACM RecSys 2023 in Singapore. His rare combination of elite academic credentials and production-grade industry experience forms the intellectual foundation of Tessera Labs.

Experience

Tessera Labs raised a $60M oversubscribed Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Foundation Capital, Myriad Venture Partners, and Osage University Partners. The round brought a16z Partner Seema Amble onto the company's board of directors.

Scale & Impact

Within 18 months of founding, Tessera Labs signed multiple million-dollar contracts and built a team of 30-plus people, with Fortune 500 customers spanning pharma, manufacturing, retail, and utilities. The platform cuts ERP transformation costs by more than half and compresses timelines from years to weeks.

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Kabir Nagrecha

Tessera Labs
Co-Founder & CEO
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Kabir Nagrecha

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Tessera Labs

Industry

SaaS

Year Founded

2024

Stage/Funding

Series A • $60M

Company Location

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About

Kabir Nagrecha is Co-Founder and CEO of Tessera Labs, a multi-agent AI platform redefining how enterprises modernize mission-critical ERP and business systems. He leads the company's vision of compressing multi-year transformation programs into weeks through scalable, governed AI execution.

Before founding

Kabir earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC San Diego at age 20, becoming one of the university's youngest-ever doctoral graduates, and was a Meta PhD Research Fellow. He previously served as a research scientist at Meta, Netflix, and Apple, where he built and published AI systems research at scale.

Founder Insights

A published AI systems researcher, Kabir presented work on reinforcement learning for deep learning recommendation model pipelines at ACM RecSys 2023 in Singapore. His rare combination of elite academic credentials and production-grade industry experience forms the intellectual foundation of Tessera Labs.

Experience

Tessera Labs raised a $60M oversubscribed Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Foundation Capital, Myriad Venture Partners, and Osage University Partners. The round brought a16z Partner Seema Amble onto the company's board of directors.

Scale & Impact

Within 18 months of founding, Tessera Labs signed multiple million-dollar contracts and built a team of 30-plus people, with Fortune 500 customers spanning pharma, manufacturing, retail, and utilities. The platform cuts ERP transformation costs by more than half and compresses timelines from years to weeks.

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