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Pankaj Chowdhry
Founder & CEO at FortressIQ - Building HR for Bots (We're Hiring)
Pankaj Chowdhry is the founder and CEO of FortressIQ, a company that develops AI-powered software solutions for enterprise process automation and digital transformation.1 He founded FortressIQ in 2017 in San Francisco, California.23
Chowdhry's background is in technology and artificial intelligence. Before founding FortressIQ, he served as the AI Leader for Genpact, a business process outsourcing firm.1 This experience inspired him to create FortressIQ, aiming to solve the challenges of understanding and optimizing complex enterprise processes.1
Under Chowdhry's leadership, FortressIQ developed a platform that uses computer vision, natural language processing, and sequence modeling to analyze and map organizational processes.1 The company's goal is to provide insights, security, and governance necessary for widespread automation adoption within large companies.
FortressIQ raised $46 million in funding, including a $30 million Series B round led by M12 (Microsoft's venture fund) and Tiger Global Management.13 The company was acquired by Automation Anywhere on December 22, 2021.3
Chowdhry envisions a future where algorithms and bots are managed similarly to human employees, with tools for success and transparent performance standards. His mission is to facilitate the integration of this "digital workforce" to enhance an organization's human capital.
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