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Swiggy CTO Rahul Jaimini steps down, joins Pesto

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Co-founder and CTO Rahul Jaimini is leaving his active role in May 2020 to join Pesto Tech as co-founder

Jaimini stays on Swiggy's board and keeps his shares, while his engineering and analytics teams move under Dale Vaz

Pesto Tech runs a 12-week career accelerator for software engineers and is based in Gurugram

Rahul Jaimini, co-founder and CTO of Swiggy, is leaving his active role in May 2020.
Jaimini is joining Pesto Tech, a Gurugram-based startup, as a co-founder.
He will remain on Swiggy's board and continue to hold his shares in the company.
His responsibilities for Platform Engineering, Analytics, IT, and Labs are being realigned to Dale Vaz, Head of Engineering and Data Science at Swiggy.
Jaimini co-founded Swiggy in 2014 with Sriharsha Majety and Nandan Reddy.
He said his last six years at Swiggy were among the best years of his life, and he aims to disrupt food delivery.
Pesto Tech was founded by Ayush Jaiswal and Andrew Linfoot, a San Francisco-based serial entrepreneur.
Jaimini had already invested in Pesto Tech's $2 million seed round last year.

This move marks a significant leadership change at Swiggy, India's highest-valued foodtech company.
His continued board seat and shareholding indicate a long-term strategic interest in Swiggy's growth.
The realignment of his teams to Dale Vaz suggests a consolidation of engineering leadership at Swiggy.

Swiggy is a food delivery platform that connects restaurants with customers across India.
It is the highest-valued foodtech company in India.
Swiggy operates in multiple cities, offering on-demand food delivery services.
The company generates revenue through commissions on orders, delivery charges, and advertising.
Swiggy also provides cloud kitchen services and grocery delivery through its platform.
Pesto Tech is a career accelerator for top software engineering talent.
Pesto Tech runs a 12-week training programme to upskill engineers.
Pesto Tech is based in Gurugram and was founded by Ayush Jaiswal and Andrew Linfoot.

Jaimini will join Pesto Tech as co-founder and help scale its career accelerator programme.
He will continue to serve on Swiggy's board and support its strategic direction.

Rahul Jaimini (investor) — Invested in Pesto Tech's $2 million seed round last year.