India, August 27th, 2026: DareAISearch, an intelligence and deployment platform focused on AI-driven brand discovery and decision-making, today announced the appointment of Deepak Kumar Gupta as Vice President – AI Search and Nishant Kumar as Head of Engineering, further strengthening its leadership team as the company advances its next phase of growth.
Nishant Kumar joined DareAISearch in August 2026, bringing nine years of engineering experience, including his most recent role as Senior AI Engineer at NewsBytes. His expertise spans system architecture, Generative AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, AI product development and scalable backend systems. At DareAISearch, he will lead engineering efforts across product architecture, AI and agent-driven capabilities, platform reliability and automation.
Deepak Kumar Gupta joined DareAISearch in July 2026, bringing 14 years of experience across organic search, AEO and GEO. Previously SEO Head at Lyxel&Flamingo, Deepak has built search strategies, teams and operating frameworks for scaling SEO businesses. At DareAISearch, he will lead the development of an integrated AI and traditional search methodology, enhance search outcomes and HDIE recommendation logic, and convert search expertise into repeatable playbooks and product workflows.
“Nishant brings the engineering depth and systems thinking we need as DareAISearch evolves its technology platform. His experience across Generative AI, architecture and scalable systems will help us build sophisticated capabilities without compromising reliability or speed,” said Siddhartha Vanvani, Co-Founder and CEO, DareAISearch.
“Deepak brings a rare combination of strong search fundamentals and an understanding of how discovery is changing through AEO, GEO and AI platforms. His ability to turn expertise into frameworks and repeatable systems will be critical as we build the next generation of AI Search capabilities,” Vanvani added.
The appointments reflect DareAISearch’s broader ambition to move beyond conventional SEO and GEO services and build intelligence infrastructure and deployment capabilities for AI-driven brand discovery. Deepak will strengthen the search intelligence and methodologies powering the platform, while Nishant will focus on translating these capabilities into robust technology, products and automated workflows.
With the addition of both leaders, DareAISearch is strengthening two critical pillars of its growth strategy: search intelligence and AI engineering. Their combined expertise will support the company’s efforts to help brands navigate an increasingly complex search and discovery ecosystem through technology-led, scalable intelligence.
DareAISearch is a Gurgaon-based AI Search Visibility & Recommendation Intelligence platform helping brands improve discoverability across AI-driven platforms such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and AI Overviews. Founded by Siddhartha Vanvani, Founder & CEO of DareAISearch, the company enables businesses to track AI visibility, recommendation frequency, GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) readiness, competitor presence, and authority signals shaping AI-generated recommendations in the evolving conversational search ecosystem.
