Agarwal: Nutanix hit $1.6B software revenue by 2020 departure
Manoj Agarwal · Deepfakes, AGI, Jobs Under Threat & More | DevRev Founder, Manoj Agarwal | Neon Show · Feb 2, 2024 · at 2:46
DevRev co-founder Manoj Agarwal reflects on his tenure at Nutanix alongside co-founder Dheeraj Pandey before both departed the company in 2020.
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“In 2020, when both Dheeras and I, we left the company, it was at 1.6 billion dollar in software revenue.”
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