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Nalin Gupta

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Nalin Gupta
CEO & Co-Founder of
Cignara (2011)
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Nalin is Founder and CEO at Bujo AI, a Y Combinator-backed AI platform building conversational AI agents for sales and customer support at large B2C enterprises. He is a 2x YC founder (S15 and X26), Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, and IIT Kharagpur alum.

Before founding

Nalin graduated from IIT Kharagpur with a degree in Electronics Engineering and co-founded Auro Robotics, a self-driving car company that went through Y Combinator and was acquired by Ridecell. He moved to Silicon Valley in 2015 and served as Director of Business Development at Ridecell post-acquisition.

Founder Insights

Nalin is a 2x Y Combinator founder with one successful exit in autonomous vehicles. He was recognized in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and is also a theater actor and indie filmmaker.

Experience

Bujo AI works with multiple Fortune 500 companies and is profitable and fast-growing. The company raised $500K in seed funding in January 2026 and is based in San Francisco.

Scale & Impact

Bujo AI deploys conversational AI agents that handle customer requests on phone and chat, providing real-time assistance to enterprise staff for faster and more accurate support. The platform serves some of the biggest B2C enterprises in the world.

1994

Nalin Gupta

Cignara
Founder & CEO
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Nalin Gupta

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Cignara

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SaaS

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About

Nalin is Founder and CEO at Bujo AI, a Y Combinator-backed AI platform building conversational AI agents for sales and customer support at large B2C enterprises. He is a 2x YC founder (S15 and X26), Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, and IIT Kharagpur alum.

Before founding

Nalin graduated from IIT Kharagpur with a degree in Electronics Engineering and co-founded Auro Robotics, a self-driving car company that went through Y Combinator and was acquired by Ridecell. He moved to Silicon Valley in 2015 and served as Director of Business Development at Ridecell post-acquisition.

Founder Insights

Nalin is a 2x Y Combinator founder with one successful exit in autonomous vehicles. He was recognized in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and is also a theater actor and indie filmmaker.

Experience

Bujo AI works with multiple Fortune 500 companies and is profitable and fast-growing. The company raised $500K in seed funding in January 2026 and is based in San Francisco.

Scale & Impact

Bujo AI deploys conversational AI agents that handle customer requests on phone and chat, providing real-time assistance to enterprise staff for faster and more accurate support. The platform serves some of the biggest B2C enterprises in the world.

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