Raj Neervannan is co-founder and chief technology officer of AlphaSense. He earned an MBA at the Wharton School, class of 2008, where he met Jack Kokko.
Kokko and Neervannan launched AlphaSense in 2011 in New York, after two to three years of development. The company then ran free pilots with hedge funds for about a year before it started charging.
By December 2016 AlphaSense had more than 500 clients. It later bought Sentieo and, in 2024, Tegus.
In June 2026 the company raised $350 million at a $7.5 billion valuation, with Vitruvian Partners, Accenture Ventures and J.P. Morgan Asset Management reported as leads.