About
Binny Gill is the Founder and CEO of Kognitos Inc., which he established in 2021 to enable people to instruct computers using natural language with auditability and explainability. He previously served as CTO and Chief Architect at Nutanix, Inc., where he led the product portfolio as the company grew from a small team to 6,000 employees, reaching a $7B market cap and $1.5B in revenue. Gill holds close to 100 patents in computer science, a Master's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Bachelor's degree from IIT Kanpur.
Founder at Kognitos
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Kognitos's investors · 8
Clear VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025Dentsu VenturesTokyoEngineering CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021Fin CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2025Prime PartnersTokyoProsperity7 VenturesDhahranWipro VenturesBengaluru · $1M – $10M checks
Co-founders at Kognitos
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Binny Sher GillExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- KognitosFounder and CEOcurrent2021 — present
- NutanixCTO, Cloud Services2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- NutanixChief Architect2015 — 2018San Jose
- NutanixPrincipal Architect2014 — 2015San Jose, CA
- NutanixDirector of Engineering2012 — 2014San Jose, CA
- NutanixLead MTS2011 — 2012San Jose
- IBM ResearchResearch Staff Member2007 — 2011
- IBM ResearchAdvisory Software Engineer2003 — 2007
- Zambeel Inc.Senior Software Engineer and Project Lead2002 — 2003
- Zambeel Inc.Software Engineer2001 — 2002
Skills & more
Distributed Systems33Algorithms11Cloud Computing19Scalability6Virtualization5Big Data2Storage4Software Development3High Performance ComputingSoftware Engineering4File Systems2High Availability1
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Shell ScriptingMultithreadingComputer ScienceLinuxHadoopPythonJavaCC++UnixPerlEnterprise SoftwareFrom Binny's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Binny Gill?
- Binny Gill is the Founder and CEO of Kognitos Inc., which he established in 2021 to enable people to instruct computers using natural language with auditability and explainability. He previously served as CTO and Chief Architect at Nutanix, Inc., where he led the product portfolio as the company grew from a small team to 6,000 employees, reaching a $7B market cap and $1.5B in revenue. Gill holds close to 100 patents in computer science, a Master's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Bachelor's degree from IIT Kanpur.
- Where does Binny Gill work?
- Binny Gill is Founder of Kognitos.
- What companies did Binny Gill found?
- Binny Gill founded Kognitos.
- Where did Binny Gill go to school?
- Binny Gill studied at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering (AIR 9)); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (M.S., Computer Science).
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Shared employers
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