Kognitos, founded in 2020, builds a neurosymbolic AI automation platform that allows enterprises to define and manage business processes in plain English rather than code. The platform combines neural networks with symbolic reasoning to execute workflows with deterministic logic, producing complete audit trails and handling exceptions through conversational interfaces. The company holds patents on its English-as-Code approach and counts Fortune 500 firms among its customers across banking, healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics.
The platform is designed as a replacement for traditional robotic process automation (RPA), addressing common pain points such as brittle bots, high maintenance overhead, and limited auditability. By letting business users describe workflows in natural language, Kognitos aims to convert undocumented operational knowledge into auditable enterprise processes. Exception handling is managed through conversation rather than manual intervention or re-coding, which the company positions as a meaningful reduction in workflow downtime.
Kognitos was co-founded by Binny Gill, a former CTO of Nutanix and a prolific inventor with nearly 100 patents to his name. The company is backed by Khosla Ventures and Wipro Ventures, among other investors. Its stated design principles centre on governance, auditability, and tool consolidation - qualities it argues are absent from most AI-driven automation tools currently on the market.