A Founder’s Journey: Transitioning from Sales Strategy & Operations to Founder & CEO – Ankita Gupta – FS #15
Welcome to Founder Stories. On this episode, we welcome Ankita Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO from Akto, to discuss her journey from Sales Strategy and Operations to Founder. In this interview, we explore:
- The End Game,
- Leadership and Hiring,
- Sales and Marketing,
- the Ecosystem, and
- Turning Off "Founder Mode"
Segment Resources: - Website: https://www.akto.io - Book a Free Demo: https://www.akto.io/agentic-security-demo - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akto-io - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aktodotio
This episode is sponsored by Akto! Visit https://founderstories.tv/akto to learn how your enterprise can start securing AI agents today.
Ankita Gupta is the Co-Founder and CEO of Akto, an Agentic AI Security platform focused on securing AI agents across Enterprises. She brings more than 15 years of experience across cybersecurity, engineering, enterprise software, and go-to-market leadership, with prior roles at VMware, LinkedIn, and JPMorgan Chase.
She is recognized as a prominent voice in modern application and AI security, speaking at industry conferences and communities including Black Hat USA, OWASP, Defcon, RSA, and GraphQLConf. Her work focuses on securing autonomous AI behavior, building Enterprise AI Governance programs, AI Security Strategy and implementation for emerging risks around AI agents and MCP ecosystems.
Ankita holds an MBA from Dartmouth and engineering bachelors degree from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
