Vibhu Mittal
About Vibhu Mittal
Vibhu Mittal is based in Palo Alto, California, and is the Chief Technology Officer of Inflection AI. Crunchbase lists him in that role from May 2024. It also lists him as the founder of Mettle Works.
Before Inflection, he spent about nine years as a senior scientist at Google. According to USC Viterbi, he worked on Google Scholar and Google Translate and co-founded the Google India Engineering Center. He then founded Root-1, which Edmodo acquired in 2013. He became Edmodo's CTO after the acquisition. Crunchbase shows him as Edmodo CEO from December 2014 to May 2019, and the 2017 USC Viterbi commencement announcement also lists him as CEO.
He has a BTech in computer science from IIT Bombay (1986), an MS from Ohio State University (1987) and a PhD in computer science from USC (1993). He sits on the USC Viterbi Department of Computer Science Advisory Board. In April 2025 he received the Mark A. Stevens Alumni Award for the School of Advanced Computing from USC.
Crunchbase counts 5 investments and 5 portfolio companies for Vibhu Mittal. It records 0 lead investments, 1 exit (none by IPO) and 2 companies founded. PitchBook classifies him as an active individual angel investor and lists a larger set of 14 investments, which includes more companies than Crunchbase does.
The PitchBook entries range from 2014 to 2024. They include Strived.io (June 2024), Key (March 2024), Aviator (May 2022), BoostKPI (March 2021), GetSetUp (September 2020), Hāpara (February 2020) and Vyntelligence (November 2019). PitchBook's status field reads "Actively Seeking New Investments".
The public data does not show check sizes or ownership stakes. It also does not show whether he has led any round.
His most recent investment on Crunchbase is the March 2024 seed round of Key AI. PitchBook lists the same March 2024 deal under the name Key, in business and productivity software. PitchBook also lists Aviator, a software development application, in May 2022. In March 2021 it lists BoostKPI, a business and productivity software company.
His operating work is also AI-related. He is CTO at Inflection AI. Earlier he worked on machine translation and scholarly search at Google. No public statement from him on a thesis for AI investing was found.
Public records show early-stage deals: seed rounds, angel rounds and a convertible note. The companies are software businesses, and PitchBook tags most of them as generating revenue. The sectors that recur are business and productivity software, educational software and developer tooling. Education matches his time as Edmodo CEO. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, but no stated geographic limits were found.
He has not publicly stated a check size, a preferred stage or a list of criteria. Founders should treat the sector pattern above as an inference from past deals, not as a stated mandate.
- Key AI: seed round announced March 2024 (Crunchbase).
- Strived.io: educational software company, angel investment dated June 2024 (PitchBook).
- Aviator: software development tooling company, investment dated May 2022 (PitchBook).
- Rizzle: convertible note round recorded on Crunchbase, with a September 2021 funding event listed.
- Subskribe: seed round recorded on Crunchbase.
- BoostKPI: business and productivity software company, investment dated March 2021 (PitchBook). PitchBook shows a merger or acquisition exit in November 2024.
- GetSetUp: angel round recorded on Crunchbase, dated September 2020 on PitchBook.
- Hāpara: educational software company, investment dated February 2020 (PitchBook).
- 500 Miles: angel round recorded on Crunchbase. PitchBook marks the company as out of business.
Investing activity
Vibhu Mittal has made 5 investments according to Crunchbase across 5 portfolio companies, and has seen 1 exit and founded 2 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Vibhu Mittal
Is Vibhu Mittal an angel investor?
Yes. PitchBook lists him as an active individual angel investor, and Crunchbase records 5 personal investments. His main job is CTO of Inflection AI.
What does Vibhu Mittal invest in?
Public records show early-stage software companies. These include business and productivity software, educational software and developer tools, plus an AI company, Key AI, in 2024.
What is Vibhu Mittal's check size?
His check size is not public. No source found states his typical investment amount.
Does Vibhu Mittal lead rounds?
Crunchbase lists 0 lead investments for him. The public record shows him joining rounds alongside other investors.
What is Vibhu Mittal's background?
He was a senior scientist at Google for about nine years and founded Root-1, which Edmodo acquired in 2013. He later became Edmodo CEO and is now CTO of Inflection AI.
How can founders reach Vibhu Mittal?
He has a public LinkedIn profile, which is the best documented route. Founders should send a short note on their company and why it fits his past investments.
Where is Vibhu Mittal based?
Vibhu Mittal is based in Palo Alto, California, United States.