Cortex
About Cortex
Cortex builds AI systems designed to accelerate hardware engineering work, enabling companies to compress development timelines from years to months. Co-founded by Vidhan and Eashaan Gunapati, the company serves customers in power electronics, motion control, medical devices, and industrial equipment. Cortex operates through a unique model that combines AI-driven engineering capabilities with the acquisition and operation of engineering firms. The company, which raised its seed round in July 2026, is led by founders with deep expertise in manufacturing and AI—Vidhan is a third-generation manufacturing operator who previously scaled a medical-device startup to 45 hospitals, while Eashaan brings experience building AI products in autonomous vehicles and leading digital transformation initiatives in manufacturing.
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Culture & values
You partner directly with Eashaan, our Co-Founder and CTO, who owns the long-term technical and product vision.
We expect exceptional work and support one another in producing it.
Candor is expected, hierarchy does not determine truth, and we move quickly without lowering the bar.
Sit with engineers in our operating companies, watch where the system fails against a real deadline, and turn what works there into platform capability the next program inherits.
Life at Cortex
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