About Us

We bridge the gap between business intent and high-velocity production delivery.

A startup built by engineers who've felt the cost of untrustworthy testing and slow releases firsthand.

Vision

A world where engineering teams ship AI and software with the same confidence they ship anything else — assurance built in, not bolted on.

Mission

We partner with engineering teams to close the gap between shipping fast and shipping safely — through staged QA transformation, AI assurance, and voice testing.

Leadership

Rakesh Lokireddy

Founder

Rakesh Lokireddy

Rakesh Lokireddy is the founder of HiveSprint, helping engineering teams build confidence in AI releases and ship faster. With more than 20 years of engineering and AI leadership experience, he has led initiatives that reduced enterprise QA cycles from weeks to overnight. He founded HiveSprint to solve the reliability bottleneck in AI Apps. Rakesh holds an MBA from BITS Pilani.

Balaji Ponnada

Co-Founder

Balaji Ponnada

Balaji Ponnada is the Co-founder of HiveSprint, where he leads product strategy and AI-powered quality engineering. With over 20 years of experience in enterprise software, test automation, and engineering transformation, he helps organizations modernize QA with AI - from intelligent test design and automation to AI evaluations and autonomous quality engineering. At HiveSprint, Balaji is focused on building practical AI solutions that enable teams to deliver reliable software faster.

Where We Work

Dallas, USA

North America client engagements and delivery leadership.

Utrecht, Netherlands

European engineering and client presence.

Hyderabad, India

Core engineering and platform development hub.

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