Rafay
Rafay provides an AI infrastructure platform that helps enterprises and service providers manage GPU resources, Kubernetes, and AI services. The company has raised $33M and employs 232 people.
The growth story
Rafay grew from 79 to 232 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $33M along the way, most recently a Series B in August 2021.
About
Rafay's platform acts as an operational layer between AI infrastructure and AI services, enabling organizations to manage GPU infrastructure, Kubernetes, virtual machines, and AI workbenches through a unified system. It targets enterprises, telecommunications companies, and sovereign AI providers seeking to streamline AI resource management.
The company, founded in 2017, raised $33M in its Series B round in August 2021. With 232 employees, Rafay has built a significant engineering team, which makes up 83 of its staff.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Rafay's largest function, with 83 employees. The company is led by a team with experience in enterprise software and infrastructure, as evidenced by its leadership and investor base.
The Rafay org chart
Haseeb Budhani (Co-founder & CEO) leads 51 mapped leaders with 16 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 124 (+43% YoY), Sales 16 (+33% YoY), Marketing 13 (+30% YoY), Operations 11 (+57% YoY), Business Development 10 (+11% YoY), Information Technology 9 (+50% YoY).
Talent flow
Rafay's workforce includes significant hires from Akamai Technologies, Cisco, and Citrix. Alumni have moved to companies like IBM, Microsoft, and Snowflake, indicating a strong network in enterprise tech.
Most common previous employers of Rafay staff: Akamai Technologies (13), Cisco (12), Soha Systems, Inc. (acquired by Akamai Technologies) (10), Citrix (10), MobileIron (7), VMware (6). Former Rafay employees most often moved to IBM (3), SentinelOne (2), solo.io (2), Microsoft (2), Tanium (2), Snowflake (2).
Alumni worth knowing
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Web traffic
Traffic mix: 32% direct, 59% search, 1% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Rafay: Python (Programming Language) (88), Kubernetes (84), Cloud Computing (66), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (63), Linux (54), Java (51), JavaScript (48), Docker Products (48).
Where the team actually sits
Rafay people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (54), California, United States (23), Telangana, India (7), Texas, United States (6).
Search footprint
Rafay attracts about 3,041 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $38K a month if bought through ads. It gained 798 ranking keywords and lost 489 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.30 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.30 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.10 / 5
Frequently asked
Rafay has 232 employees as of September 2026.
Rafay has raised $33M in total, most recently a Series B round in August 2021.
Rafay was founded in 2017 by Haseeb Budhani, Hanumantha(Hemanth) Kavuluru.
Haseeb Budhani (Co-founder & CEO) sits at the top of Rafay's reporting structure, with 16 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Rafay staff are Akamai Technologies (13 people), Cisco (12 people), Soha Systems, Inc. (acquired by Akamai Technologies) (10 people).
Former Rafay employees most often move to IBM (3), SentinelOne (2), solo.io (2).
Rafay attracts about 3,041 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $38K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Rafay staff are Python (Programming Language), Kubernetes, Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux.
Rafay staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (54), California, United States (23), Telangana, India (7).
Rafay has about 124 people in Engineering, up 43% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Rafay has about 16 people in Sales, up 33% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 140 current and 141 former Rafay profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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