Venkatesh S. — Founder
Venkatesh Siddi is the Founder and CEO of ZySec AI, a frontier intelligence company advancing the vision of Sovereign Intelligence—where enterprises and nations fully own and control their AI-driven decisions, data flows, and digital narratives. Under his leadership, ZySec AI is building the Sovereign Intelligence Stack—an end-to-end application and infrastructure ecosystem designed to empower nations and organizations with privacy-respecting, secure, and trusted AI capabilities. At its core is CyberPod, the company’s flagship Autonomous Data Intelligence Platform, built on RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and agentic AI workflows. CyberPod unifies fragmented data into real-time, context-aware intelligence—enabling organizations to move from raw data to trustworthy decisions through AI agents, all in one stack. With minimal setup and seamless integration, it accelerates enterprise AI adoption with operational clarity and measurable impact. With nearly two decades of experience across AI, cybersecurity, and large-scale systems, Venky has held leadership and technical roles at IBM, Symantec, Juniper, G42, and New York University. He brings deep expertise in aligning cutting-edge AI with mission-critical objectives—serving both enterprise and national infrastructure domains. He is passionate about building a future where intelligence is not outsourced but sovereignly owned—and is actively engaging with global leaders and technologists committed to building resilient, intelligent systems for a secure, autonomous digital era.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI-driven cybersecurity solutions for enterprise and national infrastructure.
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Experience: 17 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Artificial Intelligence (ai)
- Cybersecurity
- Information Security Management
- Risk Assessment
- Penetration Testing
Career Highlights
- Founder of ZySec AI, leading AI-driven security solutions.
- Expert in aligning AI with mission-critical objectives.
- Nearly two decades of experience in cybersecurity and AI.
Work Experience
ZySec AI
Founder & CEO (1 yr 10 mos)
Core42
Senior Manager - Security Operations (4 yrs 6 mos)
Confidential
Security Professional (11 yrs 6 mos)
Education
Master of Science - MS at Liverpool John Moores University
B.Tech at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
PG Diploma Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence at International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore