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Prasad Kavuri

Head of AI Platform & Agentic Solutions at Zip

AI Platform Executive focused on production AI platforms, agentic AI, AI governance, AI FinOps, and enterprise adoption. At Zip, leading an enterprise AI platform on Google Cloud and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform for internal workflows and customer-facing agents. Based in the Chicago area / Naperville, IL.

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Proof Points

  • 200+ engineers led
  • 70%+ AI infrastructure cost reduction
  • 13,000+ B2B customers enabled
  • 14 production AI demos / platform patterns

Current Role

Head of AI Platform & Agentic Solutions

Zip · July 2026 - Present

Leading the strategy, architecture, and development of Zip's enterprise AI platform on Google Cloud and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, for internal business workflows and customer-facing agent experiences. Remit spans reusable agent capabilities, a governed agent-building experience, secure enterprise integration, model selection, evaluation, observability, and AI FinOps, plus the roadmap for payment and support agents with policy controls and human oversight for consequential actions, in a regulated financial-services environment.

Prior Roles

  • Head of AI Engineering, Krutrim
  • Senior Director of Engineering, Ola
  • Head of Infrastructure and Services, HERE Technologies
  • Director of Engineering — Highly Automated Driving, HERE Technologies

Recommendations

“Prasad is a strategic, technically astute, and highly influential leader who I would gladly work for or with again. His leadership is defined by exceptional attention to detail, crucial for managing complex engineering platform initiatives.”

Josh Lynn

Senior Engineering Leader · Krutrim

Direct report · December 2025

“Prasad's ability to assemble high-performing teams that are always aligned towards delivering tangible business value is remarkable. His commitment is evident in his deep involvement in shaping architecture, refining processes, and meticulously tracking KPIs.”

Anoop Kabra

Director of Engineering · HERE Technologies

Peer · 15+ year colleague · August 2023

“A fantastic team player and a great mentor, Prasad has helped in shaping the career of hundreds of people who have worked with him. He adapts quickly to new challenges — be it technology or domain.”

Subhendu Roy

Sr. Director of Engineering · HERE Technologies

Cross-team peer · January 2021

“With his strongest desire to drive teams efficiently, he pays attention to each team member's strengths and delegates work accordingly. I highly recommend Prasad as a strong leader of people and technology to any organization.”

Syamkumar Abburi

Senior Engineering Manager · HERE Technologies

Direct report · November 2020

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Profile last updated: July 2026