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Built by the people who refuse to choose between speed and trust.

Syntasa is the sovereign data and agentic AI platform proven in the nation's most classified environments and deployed at enterprise scale — founded in 2014, still led by the team that built it.

Who we are

Founded 2014 · McLean, Virginia

Syntasa is a sovereign AI and data platform that turns sensitive data into decisions and actions on infrastructure customers control — deployed from public cloud to the nation's highest classified environments, on an open, model-agnostic architecture. The same sovereignty-first architecture underpins Syntasa's composable customer data platform, which makes enterprise first-party data continuously consumable — unified, governed, and activation-ready — for the personalization, analytics, and AI applications that drive revenue for the world's largest commercial brands.

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Syntasa serves defense, intelligence, and civilian government agencies and global commercial enterprises across North America and Europe.

Leadership Team

Still led by the team that built it

We're passionate about what we're building. Our belief is that if you let your team do what they do best, they will build products that everyone loves.

Jay Marwaha
Jay Marwaha
CEO & Founder
Shawn Zargham
Shawn Zargham
CTO & Co-Founder
Dren Radoniqi
Dren Radoniqi
Global CFO
Charmee Patel
Charmee Patel
VP, Data and Innovation
Michael Finn
Michael Finn
SVP of Public Sector GTM
Rajul Bhatnagar
Rajul Bhatnagar
Director, Head of Operations, Syntasa Technologies India
Sarath Botlagunta
Sarath Botlagunta
VP of Engineering
Kaushik Vinjamuri
Kaushik Vinjamuri
VP, Cloud Architecture & DevOps
Michael Zaun
Michael Zaun
Director, Federal Customer Success
Rama Botlagunta
Rama Botlagunta
Solutions Lead
James Wilson
James Wilson
Solutions Lead
Brian Pavlicek
Brian Pavlicek
Senior Product Manager

Backed to go further.

August 2026

In August 2026, Syntasa announced a strategic investment from Verix Equity Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm focused on partnering with founder-owned businesses across the national security and technology ecosystems. It's Verix's first platform investment. Jay Marwaha continues to lead Syntasa as CEO and retains significant ownership alongside Verix. Terms were not disclosed.

The investment is funding accelerated R&D in sovereign AI and agentic workflows, expanded go-to-market capacity across national security and commercial markets, and targeted acquisitions that extend the platform across the sovereign data and AI ecosystem.

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Verix Equity Partners
"We built Syntasa on a simple conviction: that organizations with the most consequential data — whether protecting the nation or serving hundreds of millions of customers — should never have to give up control to benefit from AI. Verix understood that from our first conversation. They bring more than capital, delivering operating depth, sector relationships, shared values and a commitment to the missions and customers we serve."
Jay Marwaha — Founder & CEO, Syntasa
"Syntasa is uniquely positioned for the next phase of enterprise AI adoption. The challenge for mission-critical organizations is no longer simply gaining access to powerful models — it is confidently integrating AI with their most sensitive data, systems and workflows without sacrificing security, sovereignty or control."
Jeff Hart — Managing Partner, Verix Equity Partners

Advisory Board

Independent perspective, on call

Practitioners and researchers who challenge our thinking on data, AI, and the markets we serve — brought in for judgment, not just credentials.

Kirk Borne, PhD
Kirk Borne, PhD
Managing Director at Booz Allen Hamilton and Former Professor at George Mason University
Pradeep Chintagunta, PhD
Pradeep Chintagunta, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Marketing at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Dr. Jayson Marwaha
Dr. Jayson Marwaha
Chief General Surgery House Officer at Georgetown University

Our Offices & Contacts

Global presence, sovereign delivery
Headquarters
1660 International Drive, 6th Floor
McLean, VA 22102, United States
London
271 High Street, Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire, England, HP4 1AA, United Kingdom
India
Syntasa Technologies India Private Limited
AWFIS 24/9 Mathura Road, Mohan Co-op Indus. Estate
Badarpur, New Delhi, South Delhi-110044
Information
info@syntasa.com
Career Opportunities
careers@syntasa.com
Media Inquiries
media@syntasa.com
Sales & Pricing
sales@syntasa.com
Human Resources
hr@syntasa.com
Tech Support
support@syntasa.com

Bring the AI to the data — never the reverse.