Engineering manager of the Agent Foundation team at Stripe; co-author of the July 2026 post introducing Kai, Stripe's internal knowledge AI platform (with Anna Mason, technical writer, and Anupam Upadhyay, software engineer on the AI Platform team).
Why their word counts: Manages the team that builds the agent platform the post reports on; an employee describing the employer's own tool.
Profile from this source , checked 2026-10-19 .
“ When Account Executives use Kai, they produce 2x the sales activity, create 17% more opportunities, generate 26% more revenue opportunities, and close 39% more deals when compared to the same sellers in weeks they don't use it.” Sharadh Krishnamurthy Engineering manager, Agent Foundation team · Leader ,
Post: Stripe developer blog , Stripe developer blog , July 30, 2026.
[ Grade B ] Said in the last year Passage page
“ And across Stripe, more than 5,000 sessions everyday center on data analysis.” Sharadh Krishnamurthy Engineering manager, Agent Foundation team · Leader ,
Post: Stripe developer blog , Stripe developer blog , July 30, 2026.
[ Grade B ] Said in the last year Passage page
“ In aggregate, Kai has helped shift 25,000 hours per year from administrative work, to revenue generating work.” Sharadh Krishnamurthy Engineering manager, Agent Foundation team · Leader ,
Post: Stripe developer blog , Stripe developer blog , July 30, 2026.
[ Grade B ] Said in the last year Passage page
“ Anyone could build and deploy workflow-specific agents that could use tools. Over 4,000 agents were built using this system.” Sharadh Krishnamurthy Engineering manager, Agent Foundation team · Leader ,
Post: Stripe developer blog , Stripe developer blog , July 30, 2026.
[ Grade B ] Said in the last year Passage page
“ In finance and operations, Kai is helping Stripes analyze messy data, generate recurring digests, and turn fragmented context into usable artifacts.” Sharadh Krishnamurthy Engineering manager, Agent Foundation team · Leader ,
Post: Stripe developer blog , Stripe developer blog , July 30, 2026.
[ Grade B ] Said in the last year Passage page
“ Today, 83% are weekly active users, including nearly all of GTM (marketing, sales, customer success managers, and technical account managers).” Sharadh Krishnamurthy Engineering manager, Agent Foundation team · Leader ,
Post: Stripe developer blog , Stripe developer blog , July 30, 2026.
[ Grade B ] Said in the last year Passage page
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