Certa.ai
The growth story
Certa.ai grew from 49 to 266 employees between 2020 and 2026, raising $52M along the way, most recently a Series B in September 2023.
About
Certa’s AI platform enables your firm to manage third parties by exception. AI agents manage the routine and humans manage what matters. Certa covers not just on-boarding but entire lifecycle, across all risk domain and all types of third parties.
Founders and leadership
The Certa.ai org chart
Jag Lamba (Founder and CEO) leads 59 mapped leaders with 3 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 107 (+30% YoY), Business Development 24 (+33% YoY), Information Technology 23 (+35% YoY), Sales 19 (-21% YoY), Product Management 14 (0% YoY), Operations 13 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Most common previous employers of Certa.ai staff: Coupa (9), Tata Consultancy Services (7), Cognizant (6), Infosys (5), Dun & Bradstreet (5), Microsoft (4). Former Certa.ai employees most often moved to Google (4), Zip (2), Publicis Sapient (2), SAP (2), Bytespace Labs (2), J.P. Morgan (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Certa.ai mafia
11Kar Dhillon, was VP, Business Development until 2023Kurt Watkins, was General Counsel and Head of Partnerships until 2018Xavier-Emile Codallo, was Sales Development Representative until 2023Jasdeep Singh, was DevOps Engineer until 2021Ajit Kumar Satpathy, was Integrations Design Lead until 2026Patrick McConville, was VP of Business Development until 2023
Michael Grinchteine, was Account Executive until 2023
Thanos Theodoridis, was Product Manager until 2023
Shubham Sahu, was Senior Software Engineer until 2022Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 32% direct, 38% search, 7% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Certa.ai: SQL (101), Python (Programming Language) (96), Communication (77), Microsoft Office (76), Leadership (75), JavaScript (74), Project Management (70), Microsoft Excel (70).
Where the team actually sits
Certa.ai people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (20), India (15), Maharashtra, India (12), Delhi, India (10).
Search footprint
Certa.ai attracts about 1,318 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $46K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,198 ranking keywords and lost 771 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.70 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.70 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.30 / 5
Frequently asked
Certa.ai has 266 employees as of September 2026.
Certa.ai has raised $52M in total, most recently a Series B round in September 2023.
Certa.ai was founded in 2017 by Jag Lamba, Sanya Mehadia.
Jag Lamba (Founder and CEO) sits at the top of Certa.ai's reporting structure, with 3 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Certa.ai staff are Coupa (9 people), Tata Consultancy Services (7 people), Cognizant (6 people).
Former Certa.ai employees most often move to Google (4), Zip (2), Publicis Sapient (2).
At least 11 companies have a founder who previously worked at Certa.ai, including Studio Management, Bytespace Labs, Fleetoz.
Certa.ai attracts about 1,318 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $46K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Certa.ai staff are SQL, Python (Programming Language), Communication, Microsoft Office, Leadership.
Certa.ai staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (20), India (15), Maharashtra, India (12).
Certa.ai has about 107 people in Engineering, up 30% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Certa.ai has about 24 people in Business Development, up 33% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 178 current and 238 former Certa.ai profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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