The AI race will be won by those who secure their data first: Sanjay Poonen, CEO, Cohesity

As enterprises race to put AI into production, a more fundamental question is quietly moving into the boardroom: how safe, usable, and sovereign is their data? For Sanjay Poonen, CEO and President of Cohesity, this convergence of AI, cybersecurity, and cloud strategy is reshaping enterprise technology decisions—and increasingly, India is where that future is being built.

“We are a data security company, but today we call ourselves the leader in AI-powered data security,” Poonen says. “We protect and secure the world’s data from cyberattacks—and once that data is safe, we help organizations analyze and search it using AI.”

That dual focus—security first, intelligence next—has propelled Cohesity into the center of some of the most pressing enterprise debates: ransomware resilience, AI readiness, and data sovereignty.

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