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Aryaka

7 known investors

Aryaka provides managed SD-WAN and SASE networking and security services delivered over a global cloud network for enterprise customers. Its offering combines cloud networking, security, and content delivery infrastructure.

Also known as Aryaka Networks

Founders & leadership

SS
Shailesh ShuklaChief Executive Officer & Chair of the Board
DM
Darin McAreaveyChief Financial Officer
RNRenuka Nadkarni
Renuka NadkarniinChief Product Officer
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Megha SharmainChief Legal and People Officer
VGVikas Garg
Vikas GarginChief Engineering & Cloud Operations OfficerExecutive Officer at Aryaka Networks
VMVidyaranya Maddi
Vidyaranya MaddiinChief Customer Officer
FTFarzad Tari
Farzad TariinChief Strategy Officer
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Ryan LivesayinChief Revenue Officer

Investors · 7

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Aryaka offers a Unified SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) platform that converges enterprise wide-area networking with network security. Its positioning centers on delivering performance, agility, simplicity and security together rather than as trade-offs, addressing three stated customer conditions: generative AI workloads that require low latency, high throughput and data safeguards; hybrid cloud environments in which applications and data span SaaS, IaaS and private clouds; and hybrid work, where users connect from arbitrary locations and need security applied without degrading experience.

The offering is framed around a three-stage customer journey. "Modernize" covers MPLS-to-SD-WAN migration, global connectivity, secure remote access and an integrated next-generation firewall. "Optimize" covers multi-cloud and SaaS acceleration, AI acceleration and security, and integration of third-party services. "Transform" covers fully converged networking and security. Stated buyer benefits include reduced network attack surface, as-a-service economics and flexibility, elastic scaling of secure connectivity, and SaaS and application performance.

Business model

Aryaka sells its networking and security capabilities as a service, emphasizing "as-a-service economics, flexibility and simplicity" and managed delivery in which the provider proactively manages and monitors customer circuits globally end to end, according to customer statements on its site.

Latest developments

Current marketing materials center on Unified SASE 2.0 themes of convergence, zero trust and AI, a Unified SASE Buyer's Guide 2026, an Enterprise Strategy Group networking and security convergence survey report dated 2025, and guidance on scaling and securing generative AI traffic across global networks.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

Aryaka competes in the SASE and secure networking market and references third-party analyst coverage of SASE convergence from Gartner, Frost & Sullivan and Enterprise Strategy Group in support of its market positioning.

Aryaka positions itself on converged, "unified" SASE — networking and security delivered together with managed operations — and on avoiding trade-offs between performance, security and simplicity. Customer testimonials cite WAN performance, onboarding experience, total cost of ownership, and customer service and support as reasons for selection over other vendors.

Technology

The platform combines WAN capabilities (global connectivity, SD-WAN, multi-cloud and SaaS acceleration, application performance optimization) with security functions including an integrated next-generation firewall, secure remote access, zero trust concepts and the ability to incorporate third-party services, converged into a single Unified SASE architecture. AI acceleration and security for GenAI traffic over global networks is a stated focus area.

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise engagement supported by content marketing and demand-generation assets, including a Unified SASE buyer's guide, eBooks on secure networking and GenAI over global networks, third-party analyst material (Gartner, Frost & Sullivan, Enterprise Strategy Group), customer case studies, and a program of events and webinars.

Enterprises with global or geographically distributed operations that run a wide-area network and require converged network security, including organizations migrating away from MPLS, adopting multi-cloud and SaaS, and supporting remote and hybrid workforces. Named customer references include Albemarle and Lauridsen Group.

Geography

Aryaka markets global connectivity and states that it manages and monitors customer circuits globally end to end for worldwide enterprise WANs.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Aryaka do?
Aryaka delivers Unified SASE, converging global WAN connectivity and network security for distributed enterprises.
Who are Aryaka's investors?
Aryaka's investors include 33N, Third Point Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Presidio Ventures, Stanford University, Trinity Ventures.