Vishal Sikka launches AI startup Hang Ten Systems with $32 million seed funding

Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka has launched a new enterprise AI startup called Hang Ten Systems, backed by $32 million in seed funding led by venture capital firm Mayfield, with participation from Aramco Ventures and a group of angel investors.

Headquartered in Palo Alto, Hang Ten Systems is building an AI-native enterprise software services platform designed to help large organisations adopt artificial intelligence more quickly and at lower cost. The company uses what it describes as an “AI-native delivery model” built on agentic code generation, reusable skills libraries, and specialised engineering teams.

The startup is positioning itself as a direct alternative to traditional enterprise software implementation approaches, arguing that generative AI has significantly reduced the time and effort required to build, customise, and deploy business software.

“Every single enterprise will be transformed by AI. A few are already reaping massive benefits, building in days what used to take years. But most are stuck at the starting line, or worse, and the gap is widening every day,” said Sikka, co-founder and CEO of Hang Ten Systems.

The company is initially focused on enterprise functions such as finance, human resources, and product development. It claims that organisations can increasingly rely on AI-generated code rather than long cycles of configuration, integration, and testing that have traditionally defined enterprise software delivery.

Hang Ten Systems says it is already working with early customers including Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and healthcare company Fresenius on AI-native delivery initiatives.

The launch marks Sikka’s latest venture in enterprise AI following the founding of Vianai Systems in 2019. Earlier in his career, he served as CEO of Infosys and previously held senior leadership roles at SAP.

According to Mayfield Managing Partner Navin Chaddha, the firm invested early in Hang Ten, betting that AI adoption will become a defining factor in enterprise competitiveness. He noted that the gap between AI-enabled companies and others is likely to reshape entire industries in the coming years.

The newly raised capital will be used to expand Hang Ten Systems’ engineering, delivery, sales, and leadership teams, as the company scales its enterprise partnerships globally.