Vignesh Krishnakumar
About Vignesh Krishnakumar
Vignesh Krishnakumar is the Co-founder and CTO of HyperVerge Inc., where he leads the development of AI-driven technology for identity verification and fraud detection. He has a background in computer science from IIT Madras and has previously interned at notable organizations such as Microsoft, ISRO, and Adobe.
Work at HyperVerge
Vignesh Krishnakumar serves as the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at HyperVerge Inc., a position he has held since 2013. Under his leadership, HyperVerge has developed technology recognized for its real-time analysis capabilities, extracting meaningful information from millions of images and videos. The company specializes in AI-driven solutions, particularly in the fintech sector, processing over 30 million digital identity verifications and fraud checks monthly for major clients such as Jio, Vodafone, SBI, Grab, and Xiaomi. HyperVerge's deep-learning models are optimized for low bandwidth environments, achieving high accuracy on significant datasets.
Education and Expertise
Vignesh Krishnakumar completed his Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, from 2010 to 2015. Prior to this, he attended P.S.B.B Sr Sec School in Chennai, where he studied from 1995 to 2010. His educational background provided a strong foundation in technology and engineering, which he has applied throughout his career, particularly in developing advanced AI-based technologies for identity verification and fraud detection.
Background
Before co-founding HyperVerge, Vignesh Krishnakumar gained experience in various roles. He worked as a Convener at the Computer Vision Group at IIT Madras for nine months in 2012-2013. He also held internships at Microsoft in 2013, where he contributed to research projects, and at Adobe in 2012, focusing on software development. Additionally, he interned at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2011. These experiences contributed to his expertise in computer vision and AI technologies.
Achievements
HyperVerge has achieved significant recognition in the field of face recognition technology, being the highest-ranked Indian company on the NIST Face Recognition leaderboard and ranking among the top 10 percentile globally. The company's commitment to pioneering fraud detection and identity verification technology is evident in its development of advanced AI-based liveness models designed to detect deepfaked selfies and its work on anti-injection and anomaly detection algorithms.