Rishi Penmetcha is Co-Founder and CTO at Petra Labs, a New York-based answer engine optimization (AEO) platform helping enterprise brands win visibility in AI-powered search.

Rishi studied at Cornell University and built his engineering career at Palantir, Ironclad, and Traba, where he developed AI agents and large-scale data systems.

Rishi brings deep expertise in large-scale data infrastructure and AI agent development, skills he now applies to building Petra Labs' proprietary attribution and simulation technology.

At Petra Labs, Rishi leads the engineering of a platform that uses large-scale simulations, agentic analysis, and embedded integrations to connect AI search visibility directly to enterprise revenue.

Petra Labs raised a $5.2M Seed round led by Work-Bench, with participation from Afore and Pathlight, and serves enterprise clients by delivering the category's first custom AI search attribution models.