Vijay Ponukumati is Co-Founder and CTO at Graph AI, the first AI-native Patient Safety Operating System purpose-built for pharmaceutical, biotech, and life sciences companies navigating the full adverse event lifecycle.

Vijay is an engineering transformation leader with deep expertise spanning silicon, systems, cloud, and IT engineering, and completed an AI and Machine Learning Bootcamp at Caltech in 2024.

Vijay holds patents and has earned prestigious recognitions including a Technology Emmy Award at LSI Logic, a Chairman's Award for Cisco core router innovations, and Gartner's Business Process Transformation Award for CX Cloud at Cisco.

He held senior technical and executive leadership roles at Google (Director), Cisco Systems, LSI Logic, and LTI Mindtree, driving innovation across networking, customer experience, and enterprise IT at global scale.

Graph AI's platform has delivered 70% efficiency gains and 90% faster regulatory reporting for enterprise customers, and the company has raised $16.3M in total funding (Seed plus Series A) from Bessemer Venture Partners and Insight Partners.