Nirmal Nambiar, a native of Orkkatteri in Kerala's Kozhikode district, co-founded the startup with Aditya Sharma, from Uttarakhand. Nirmal Nambiar, a native of Orkkatteri in Kerala's Kozhikode district, co-founded the startup with Aditya Sharma, from Uttarakhand. After completing a degree in Computer Science Engineering at IIT Dharwad, he joined Microsoft as a Product Manager with an annual salary of ₹65 lakh. He later resigned from the role to launch Oqlous AI with his IIT batchmate, Aditya Sharma. The US company has reportedly offered to retain Nirmal, Aditya Sharma and the startup's 20 employees following the acquisition.