Vish Sivakumar is Co-Founder and Member of Technical Staff at Flourish (flourishlabs.ai), a neuro-AI company based in New York building human-level intelligence with human-level efficiency through its flagship Cortex AI system.

Vish studied at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (2008-2012) and spent 13 years at Meta before co-founding Flourish alongside Thomas Reardon.

Vish brings deep expertise in AI research and neuroscience-inspired computing, focusing on closing the massive efficiency gap between biological brains and modern AI systems.

At Flourish, Vish leads technical research combining connectomics and AI architecture to build the first synthetic intelligence system designed to match the power budget and learning efficiency of the human brain.

Flourish has attracted approximately $500M in committed investment at a $2.5B valuation, with backers including Jeff Bezos, Lux Capital, and GV, positioning it as one of the most ambitious neuro-AI ventures globally.