Former Infosys chief executive Vishal Sikka has launched Hang Ten Systems, a Bay Area-based enterprise AI services company that secured a 32 million dollar seed round led by Mayfield, with strategic participation from Aramco Ventures and angel investors. Announced Wednesday, the venture positions artificial intelligence as a direct replacement for traditional enterprise software development, integration, and maintenance services. The startup operates on an AI-native model utilizing agentic code generation and reusable AI skills to enable continuous software construction and modification. Mayfield Managing Partner Navin Chaddha emphasized that the company differentiates itself from legacy IT services firms by designing a system where operational leverage compounds with each project rather than scaling linearly with headcount. The executive team draws extensively from Sikka’s prior tenures at SAP, Infosys, and his earlier enterprise AI venture, VianAI. Co-founders include CTO Navin Budhiraja, Chief Design Officer Sanjay Rajagopalan, and Senior Vice President of Forward Deployed Engineering Tao Liu. Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has joined the board. Sikka clarified that Hang Ten Systems diverges strategically from VianAI, which previously concentrated on enterprise AI analytics and decision-support applications. Instead, Hang Ten focuses exclusively on AI-driven project delivery and software automation, targeting the core outsourcing workflows historically dominated by large IT services providers. The announcement arrives amid intensifying industry scrutiny over artificial intelligence’s structural impact on the IT services sector. While traditional firms like Infosys are integrating generative AI partnerships to expand service offerings, analysts warn that automated development could disrupt legacy outsourcing economics. Sikka’s venture enters this contested landscape with early commercial traction, currently piloting AI-native delivery protocols with industrial conglomerates Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Fresenius. Chaddha confirmed that Mayfield backed the company based on its founder’s deep enterprise software pedigree and its potential to capture a reimagined services market. Headquartered in California, Hang Ten Systems is actively recruiting across engineering, delivery, sales, and leadership functions, with plans to scale operations globally to meet enterprise demand. Sikka, who stepped down from Infosys in 2017 after a decade at SAP and prior board service at Oracle, framed the initiative as capitalizing on an unprecedented shift in enterprise technology deployment. The funding reflects investor confidence that AI-native service models can outperform traditional outsourcing frameworks, even as traditional IT stocks face volatility. The company’s immediate focus remains refining its automation infrastructure and expanding its pilot network, signaling a decisive move to redefine how large-scale enterprise software is built and maintained in an AI-first economy.