Tellius
Tellius is an AI platform that helps businesses analyze data across disparate systems. The company has raised $32M in funding and employs 126 people.
The growth story
Tellius grew from 51 to 126 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $32M along the way, most recently a Series B in October 2022.
About
Tellius provides a platform that integrates data from various enterprise systems like CRMs and databases to help businesses make sense of complex, siloed information. It aims to automate the manual process of stitching together insights across different data sources and definitions.
The company raised $32M in a Series B round in October 2022, led by investors including Baird Capital and Grotech Ventures. It has grown to 126 employees, with engineering being the largest function at 31 people.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at Tellius, with 31 employees. The company is led by a team with backgrounds in AI and enterprise software, though specific leadership details are not provided.
The Tellius org chart
Ajay Khanna (CEO & Founder) leads 22 mapped leaders with 7 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 46 (0% YoY), Information Technology 12 (+100% YoY), Sales 11 (+10% YoY), Administrative 9 (+13% YoY), Business Development 7 (0% YoY), Customer Success and Support 6 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Tellius hires talent from companies like Zinnia, H2O.ai, and Gartner. Alumni often move to roles at Databricks, Snowflake, and Novartis. The median tenure at the company is 2 years.
Most common previous employers of Tellius staff: Zinnia (3), H2O.ai (2), Gartner (2), Xurmo Technologies (2), GoComet (2), Accenture (2). Former Tellius employees most often moved to Omni (3), Databricks (3), DatavedamEdge (2), Novartis (2), Snowflake (2), Sigma (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Tellius mafia
Tellius alumni have founded 9 companies, including DatavedamEdge, MagicBI.ai, and Laitu AI. These startups collectively employ at least 12 people.
10Deepak Kumar, was India Site Leader(Engineering) until 2023Abhishek S., was Software Engineering Manager until 2021Hardik C., was Chief Product Officer until 2024Michael Jelepis, was Senior Account Executive until 2022April Z., was Customer Success Management until 2024Matt Przegietka, was Lead Product Designer until 2026
John Aven, PhD, was Head Of Engineering until 2022
Varnit Khanna, was Director of Engineering until 2018
Aashna Sharma, was Intern for the Sales Team until 2018
Sameer Mangalampalli, was VP of Engineering until 2025Web traffic
Traffic mix: 45% direct, 31% search, 14% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Tellius: Python (Programming Language) (35), SQL (28), Problem Solving (27), JavaScript (26), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (22), Leadership (20), Communication (20), Java (19).
Where the team actually sits
Tellius people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (30), New York, United States (4), Washington DC-Baltimore Area (3), Virginia, United States (3).
Search footprint
Tellius attracts about 1,000 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $15K a month if bought through ads. It gained 299 ranking keywords and lost 241 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.70 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.80 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.70 / 5
Frequently asked
Tellius has 126 employees as of September 2026.
Tellius has raised $32M in total, most recently a Series B round in October 2022.
Tellius was founded in 2018 by Ajay Khanna.
Ajay Khanna (CEO & Founder) sits at the top of Tellius's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Tellius staff are Zinnia (3 people), H2O.ai (2 people), Gartner (2 people).
Former Tellius employees most often move to Omni (3), Databricks (3), DatavedamEdge (2).
At least 9 companies have a founder who previously worked at Tellius, including DatavedamEdge, MagicBI.ai, Laitu AI.
Tellius attracts about 1,000 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $15K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Tellius staff are Python (Programming Language), SQL, Problem Solving, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
Tellius staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (30), New York, United States (4), Washington DC-Baltimore Area (3).
Tellius has about 46 people in Engineering, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Tellius has about 12 people in Information Technology, up 100% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 66 current and 131 former Tellius profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
Build this for any company
Every number on this page came from the Crustdata API. Point the MCP at a company and get the same org chart, alumni list and talent flow in one prompt.