About

Built by operators who have built companies.

Enter with an idea. Leave with a company.

Based in Irving, Texas.

Founders

The founders

The people behind CXOlayer.ai. Both have started, scaled and led technology companies for three decades.

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Sudhakar Pennam
Co-Founder
27+ yrs
President & CEO, Kairos Technologies · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

President & CEO of Kairos Technologies and founder of Solunus. He previously built Cigniti Technologies from a two-person startup into one of the world's largest independent software-testing companies. He helped found the IT Serve Alliance, the largest US association of IT services and staffing firm founders, and served as its president. Board of directors of the Baylor Scott & White Irving Foundation, advisor to Sentiero Ventures, and founder of the Pennam Foundation.

Company buildingBoard & governanceIT servicesFounder mentorship
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MuraliKrishna (Mark) Vanam
Co-Founder
32+ yrs
SVP & Head of Sales, North America, Matilda Cloud · Irving, TX

SVP and Head of Sales, North America at Matilda Cloud, where he leads enterprise cloud-transformation sales. Previously Senior Vice President at Cigniti, and President & CEO of Nth Talent and Copperlabs. Three decades across telecom, staffing and cloud — from Sierra Atlantic and Corpus to Aricent. Harvard Business School executive leadership program and an MBA in Marketing.

Enterprise salesGo-to-marketNew business developmentCloud transformation
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Operating principles

  1. 1

    AI does the repeatable work

    People make decisions that carry risk.

  2. 2

    No hidden equity

    Every term is shown in writing before you sign.

  3. 3

    No automatic acceptance

    A person reviews every application.

What we won't do

  • Publish fake metrics
  • Use unverified testimonials
  • Take equity without written terms
  • Share your idea without your permission

How we handle your idea

  • Who can access it: you and the named team on your engagement.
  • Where it is stored: in the USA.
  • It is not used to train shared AI models.
  • NDA: Mutual NDA available on request. Counsel review pending.

Read the data use policy