About us

We're building the world's AI workforce

KONCPT AI Academy exists to make world-class, career-grade AI education accessible — to every student, every team, every campus.

Our story

From a WhatsApp group of 24 to India's AI workforce engine

KONCPT started in 2022 when our founder — after a decade at Google Brain and two AI startups — kept seeing the same gap: brilliant engineers who could pass any exam, but had never shipped an AI system in the real world.

The first cohort was a WhatsApp group of 24 learners, one mentor, and a rented GPU. Ten weeks later, every single one of them had shipped a working project — and 19 had job offers.

Four years on, that idea has become an AI workforce platform: live cohorts, industry mentors, a 500+ hiring partner network, and a promise we still repeat every Monday morning — outcomes over hours.

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Values

What we believe

Outcomes over hours

We measure success in jobs shipped and careers transformed.

Mentors, not videos

Every learner gets a real human mentor from day one.

Global standards

Curriculum benchmarked against top AI labs and product companies.

Build the future

We train the people who will build AI worth trusting.

Journey

Four years, one mission

  1. 2022
    The first cohort

    24 learners, one mentor and a promise: ship real AI, not tutorials.

  2. 2023
    10,000 learners

    Programs expanded to GenAI, MLOps and Agents with weekly live cohorts.

  3. 2024
    Enterprise & campus

    Launched corporate training and university partnerships across 40 campuses.

  4. 2025
    Series A + 500 partners

    Backed by top VCs; hiring partner network crossed 500 companies.

  5. 2026
    AI workforce, at scale

    50K+ learners, 120+ campuses, 96% placement — and just getting started.

Team

Led by AI practitioners

Rohit Ananth
Founder & CEO

Ex-Google Brain. 12+ yrs building AI systems.

Meera Iyer
Head of Curriculum

Ex-DeepMind researcher, PhD in ML.

Sanjay Patel
Head of Placements

Built AI hiring at 2 unicorns.

Ayesha Khan
Chief Mentor

Principal engineer, 200+ students placed.

Backed by
Sequoia Surge
Peak XV
Blume Ventures
Together Fund
Kalaari
Prime Venture
We're hiring

Come build the AI workforce with us

Engineers, mentors, curriculum leads and placement specialists — join a team obsessed with learner outcomes.

Ready to build the AI future?

Join the next live cohort or bring KONCPT AI Academy to your team, campus or company.