Kernel Labs

Kernel Labs is a startup studio founded in 2015 by Amit Mital, a former Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Symantec CTO, based in Seattle, Washington. The firm builds innovative companies from the ground up, specializing in machine learning, computer vision, and cybersecurity. Rather than purely investing, Kernel Labs actively partners with the CEOs of the companies it creates, providing hands-on operational involvement, technical strategy, and product development support throughout each company's early lifecycle. Its portfolio includes Inferati (Zero Trust AI), Botminds.ai, Blue Canoe Learning, Asidero, Omnivor, OCCO, AnswerIQ, and Wiresquare. The firm's board includes notable tech veterans Paul Maritz, former Microsoft EVP and CEO of VMware, and Peter Neupert, a healthcare board member at organizations like LabCorp and Adaptive Biotechnologies, lending deep industry credibility to its studio model.