Phani Nivarthi

Phani Nivarthi (Boston) joined KKR in 2026 and is a part of ADAPT, the firm’s global AI, Data, Infrastructure, and Platform Engineering organization. Prior to KKR, he served as global head of AI engineering at Temenos Inc responsible for leading all AI initiatives and bringing agentic AI to their core banking products. Prior to that Mr. Nivarthi worked as director of AI/ML at Aisera, leading a global team across the U.S., Europe and India and responsible for all AI products and Aisera's Agentic AI Platform. Prior to that, he led ServiceNow's enterprise chatbot, AI search and document intelligence platforms. Before that, he worked in applying AI/ML in a wide range of firms and domains like financial and conduct surveillance. He holds a Masters Degree from Columbia University specialized in ML and has several patents and papers in this field.