Alok Nandan, Phd

Allstacks is an agentic platform for product and software development. With purpose-built solutions with agents operating in the same context across the lifecycle you define the right work, keep the delivery on track, and report on the outcomes. Product Studio is your daily home to ideate, define, refine, and share requirements and specs with technical clarity so you and your dev teams build the right things, faster and cheaper. Allstacks makes sense of your agentic software delivery, grounded in actual activity, with agents to surface risk, measure AI impact, and recommend optimizations.

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and over 60% of the Fortune 500 — rely on Databricks to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified Data Intelligence Platform that includes Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, Lakebase and Unity Catalog. --- Databricks applicants Please apply through our official Careers page at databricks.com/company/careers. All official communication from Databricks will come from email addresses ending with @databricks.com or @goodtime.io (our meeting tool).

Backslash Security offers a fresh approach to application security, addressing the new risks of Vibe Coding, the AI revolution in software development. Backslash provides instant visibiliy, governance and protection for AI-coding environments, reduces the risk of unsactioned models and MCP servers, and preempts the creation of insecure code. Forward-looking organizations use Backslash to modernize their security for the AI era, drive AI efficiencies and agility, and accelerate time-to-market of their applications.

Blotout is first-party data infrastructure for performance marketers — built to rebuild signal, govern data, and activate AI across eCommerce and lead generation. The algorithm only knows what you teach it. We help brands teach it better. Signal loss is the silent killer of paid media performance. Cookie deprecation, browser restrictions, and consent friction have left most brands optimizing on 40–60% of their actual conversions. Blotout fixes that at the infrastructure layer, capturing every signal server-side, governing it for compliance, and feeding clean data back to the platforms that need it. Our products: Edgetag CDP is orchestration for eCommerce growth as a service. Server-side signal capture, first-party ID resolution, and real-time data activation across Meta, TikTok, Klaviyo, and 55+ channels. No code required. Trusted by Jones Road, TrueClassic, Ruggable, Oakcha, InnoSupps, and Laura Geller. EvoAI is your brands AI agent for sales and support. It converts first-time visitors, recovers abandoned carts, and resolves customer issues end-to-end, without growing headcount. Built for eCommerce brands that want every customer interaction to drive revenue, not just close a ticket. Blotout ConsentIQ is the consent revenue audit for Shopify merchants. See exactly how much media ROI you are losing to consent rejections and what it is costing you across Meta, TikTok, and Google. An independent audit tool powered by Blotouts Core ID graph. Trusted by 5,000+ performance marketers and omni-channel brands. We serve growth marketing leaders, CxOs, performance agencies, and the brands scaling alongside them, as self-serve software or as a managed performance service. Rebuild signal. Reclaim growth.

Revv is a leading document automation and electronic signature platform that revolutionizes day-to-day business operations. Revv enables professionals and companies of all sizes to run business securely from anywhere, anytime and any device. Revv offers legally binding eSignatures coupled with next-generation features like vetted templates, workflow automation, native API, Zapier integrations, real-time collaboration, analytics, cloud-based storage, and audit trails. Revv empowers 30,000+ customers with advanced business operations.

Acceldata provides an Agentic Data Management platform that simplifies and speeds the ability for enterprises to deliver trusted data for AI and other initiatives. Founded in 2018, Campbell, CA-based Acceldata developed the worlds first enterprise data observability platform to help enterprises build and operate great data products. Built on that foundation, Acceldatas xLake Reasoning Engine now powers the Agentic Data Management platform. Acceldatas solutions have been embraced by global enterprises such as Nestle, Dun & Bradstreet, Hershey, Pubmatic, HCSC, PhonePe (Walmart), TPG Telecom (Australia), Jenius Bank, Merkle, Pubmatic, and many more. Acceldata investors include Insight Partners, March Capital, Industry Ventures, Lightspeed, Sorenson Ventures, Sanabil, and Emergent Ventures.

Fortune 500 companies around the world rely on Arcion’s cloud-native, distributed Change Data Capture (CDC) technology to drive fast and accurate data insights. Arcion helps enterprises eliminate slow, brittle data pipelines and the maintenance overheads. Break down data silos through high volume, scalable data pipelines with guaranteed transactional integrity.

Allstacks is an agentic platform for product and software development. With purpose-built solutions with agents operating in the same context across the lifecycle you define the right work, keep the delivery on track, and report on the outcomes. Product Studio is your daily home to ideate, define, refine, and share requirements and specs with technical clarity so you and your dev teams build the right things, faster and cheaper. Allstacks makes sense of your agentic software delivery, grounded in actual activity, with agents to surface risk, measure AI impact, and recommend optimizations.

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and over 60% of the Fortune 500 — rely on Databricks to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified Data Intelligence Platform that includes Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, Lakebase and Unity Catalog. --- Databricks applicants Please apply through our official Careers page at databricks.com/company/careers. All official communication from Databricks will come from email addresses ending with @databricks.com or @goodtime.io (our meeting tool).

Backslash Security offers a fresh approach to application security, addressing the new risks of Vibe Coding, the AI revolution in software development. Backslash provides instant visibiliy, governance and protection for AI-coding environments, reduces the risk of unsactioned models and MCP servers, and preempts the creation of insecure code. Forward-looking organizations use Backslash to modernize their security for the AI era, drive AI efficiencies and agility, and accelerate time-to-market of their applications.

Blotout is first-party data infrastructure for performance marketers — built to rebuild signal, govern data, and activate AI across eCommerce and lead generation. The algorithm only knows what you teach it. We help brands teach it better. Signal loss is the silent killer of paid media performance. Cookie deprecation, browser restrictions, and consent friction have left most brands optimizing on 40–60% of their actual conversions. Blotout fixes that at the infrastructure layer, capturing every signal server-side, governing it for compliance, and feeding clean data back to the platforms that need it. Our products: Edgetag CDP is orchestration for eCommerce growth as a service. Server-side signal capture, first-party ID resolution, and real-time data activation across Meta, TikTok, Klaviyo, and 55+ channels. No code required. Trusted by Jones Road, TrueClassic, Ruggable, Oakcha, InnoSupps, and Laura Geller. EvoAI is your brands AI agent for sales and support. It converts first-time visitors, recovers abandoned carts, and resolves customer issues end-to-end, without growing headcount. Built for eCommerce brands that want every customer interaction to drive revenue, not just close a ticket. Blotout ConsentIQ is the consent revenue audit for Shopify merchants. See exactly how much media ROI you are losing to consent rejections and what it is costing you across Meta, TikTok, and Google. An independent audit tool powered by Blotouts Core ID graph. Trusted by 5,000+ performance marketers and omni-channel brands. We serve growth marketing leaders, CxOs, performance agencies, and the brands scaling alongside them, as self-serve software or as a managed performance service. Rebuild signal. Reclaim growth.

First Rays makes initial investment in Seed - Pre-Series A - Series A stage startups focused on b2b Enterprise Software. We specialize in helping startups to find early customers, in AI, Enterprises or Developer communities. We focus on B2B themes of AI, Cloud-Edge-Data orchestration and Automation in the Enterprise Stack.