CEO and President (Cohesity, parent of former Veritas data protection business), Veritas Technologies LLC (data protection business now part of Cohesity)
Sanjay Poonen, CEO of Cohesity, discusses the strategic acquisition of Veritas' data protection business, emphasizing the benefits for customers and the company's growth trajectory. He highlights the importance of rapid recovery in cybersecurity, the integration of AI for enhanced data insights, and the company's aspirations for an IPO, positioning Cohesity as a leader in the data protection market. #cohesity
Takeaways
Cohesity's acquisition of Veritas enhances its market position.
The deal allows for faster innovation and a larger engineering team.
CIOs can expect improved services and pro...
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0:58What did you believe you'd be able to do together that neither company could do alone?
Listen, first off, an IPO is a milestone. It's a starting destination. Having Nvidia invest in Cohesity is more important than an IPO. Because to me, having the influence in the video—now we've got not just great venture investors like Sequoia, Softbank, Carlyle, Valley, etc., but we've got incredible corporate investors: Nvidia, Amazon AWS, Google, Cisco, IBM. Five really good tech investors who are collaborating with us to ensure we're successful. I've done this at SAP, I've done this at VMware. There comes a good time to potentially do an entry to the capital markets. We'll do it when the time is right.
Welcome to another bonus episode of the Tech Brew Home podcast. I'm Brian McCulla. As always, today we are talking to Sanjay Poonen, CEO of Cohesity. Sanjay, thanks for coming on to talk to us today.
Let's start with the headline. I believe Cohesity just finished the combination with Veritas' data protection business. I'm curious: in your mind, what was the core strategic bet behind that move? What did you believe you'd be able to do together that neither company could do alone?
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Poonen, S. (2025, October 29). What Sanjay Poonen Of Cohesity Thinks Of His Relationship With Nvidia [Interview transcript]. Tech Brew Ride Home Podcast. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1039100/
MLA
Sanjay Poonen. "What Sanjay Poonen Of Cohesity Thinks Of His Relationship With Nvidia." Tech Brew Ride Home Podcast, 29 Oct. 2025. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1039100/.
BibTeX
@misc{poonen2025_1039100,
author = {Sanjay Poonen},
title = {What Sanjay Poonen Of Cohesity Thinks Of His Relationship With Nvidia},
howpublished = {Interview transcript, Tech Brew Ride Home Podcast. CEOInterviews.AI},
year = {2025},
month = {oct},
url = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1039100/},
note = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}
