Indian cloud startup Kluisz.ai, founded in early 2025, has raised a $9.6 million seed round led by RTP Global. The funding also saw participation from Unicorn India Ventures, Blume Founders Fund, Climber Capital, and angel investors including Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Dr. Ritesh Malik (Innov8), and Aditya Virwani (Embassy Group).
🔍 What is Kluisz.ai Building?
Kluisz.ai is developing a secure, scalable, intent-driven hybrid cloud platform, designed for the AI age. It offers AI-orchestrated deployment and management across edge, on-premises, sovereign and hybrid environments with zero-trust security and full developer control. The platform automatically meets performance, cost, and compliance targets without manual intervention.
🧑💼 Founding Team
The company was co-founded by:
- Abhinav Sinha (former Global COO & CPO at OYO, ex-BCG)
- Vamshidhar Reddy (former McKinsey partner and AMD)
- Abhijeet Singh (former VP of Cloud at Jio and ex-AT&T)
This team brings deep technical and industry experience to the cloud and AI infrastructure domain.
🌐 Target Market & Vision
Kluisz.ai initially targets sectors like banking, financial services, manufacturing, and enterprises with significant edge-computing needs. Its offering addresses the growing demand for hybrid cloud automation and AI-ready infrastructure—a Gartner report estimates that by 2027, 90% of enterprises will run workloads across hybrid environments.
📌 Use of Funds & Growth Plans
The $9.6M capital will go toward expanding its engineering team in Bengaluru, accelerating product development, and supporting early enterprise deployments. Kluisz.ai positions itself as the first intent-driven, AI-orchestrated private cloud tailored for performance, policy, and security without manual setup.
🧠 Why This Matters
Kluisz.ai addresses critical pain points in enterprise cloud infrastructure—automation deficits, compliance friction, and limited control—by embedding intelligent AI orchestration from cloud to edge. Its strong founding team, combined with the backing of top-tier investors and angels, positions it to compete in the deep tech and AI infrastructure space. Indian Startup News
