Orkes
Cupertino, US · Founded 2020 · 76 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
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Orkes offers a managed, enterprise version of Conductor (an open-source workflow orchestration engine), adding availability guarantees, security and access controls, audit logging, a visual workflow builder, and AI/LLM chaining. It targets engineering teams that need to run and scale workflow orchestration on cloud or private cloud without maintaining the engine themselves.
Founders & leadership
Orkes was founded in 2020 by Viren Baraiya, Dilip Lukose, and Jeu George.
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Viren BaraiyainCo-Founder & CTOViren Baraiya is co-creator of Netflix Conductor, an open-source workflow orchestration engine, and co-founder and CTO of Orkes, which provides an enterprise managed version of Conductor. He previously led infrastructure and security initiatives at Netflix and McGraw-Hill Higher Education, including building role-based access control and single sign-on systems.
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Dilip LukoseinCo-Founder & Chief Product Officer
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Jeu GeorgeinCo-Founder & CEOJeu George is a software architect who previously held engineering roles at Netflix and Microsoft, as well as at the startup Pinkvilla, with expertise in cloud computing, distributed systems, and multiple programming languages.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Orkes do?
- Orkes offers a managed, enterprise version of Conductor (an open-source workflow orchestration engine), adding availability guarantees, security and access controls, audit logging, a visual workflow builder, and AI/LLM chaining. It targets engineering teams that need to run and scale workflow orchestration on cloud or private cloud without maintaining the engine themselves.
- Who founded Orkes?
- Orkes was founded by Viren Baraiya, Dilip Lukose, Jeu George in 2020.
- Who are Orkes's investors?
- Orkes's investors include Battery Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd..
- Where is Orkes headquartered?
- Orkes is headquartered in Cupertino, US.



