The Morning Brief ET in the Valley : Mohit Aron, Co-Founder, Nutanix And Founder, Cohesity
Dec 3, 2025
In this engaging conversation, Mohit Aron, co-founder of Nutanix and Cohesity, shares insights from his impressive tech journey in Silicon Valley. He discusses the fundamental importance of hyperconvergence and how it remains relevant amidst cloud hype. Mohit highlights the overlooked realm of secondary data management and its role in ransomware detection. As he dives into his new startup, Syphon, he critiques the sales tech landscape. He also addresses the challenges in India’s AI ecosystem and the need for aligning personal and national interests for lasting innovation.
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Google File System Shaped His Path
- Mohit Aron moved from India to the US for graduate study and joined Google in 2003.
- He worked on the Google File System, which influenced his later ideas like hyperconvergence.
Keep Compute Close To Data
- Networking hasn't improved proportionally to compute and storage, so keeping compute close to data remains crucial.
- Mohit Aron says hyperconvergence avoids network bottlenecks and is still highly relevant today.
Building Cohesity From A Data Iceberg
- Mohit Aron left Nutanix in 2013 to start Cohesity and target secondary data chaos.
- Cohesity unified backups, archives and test data and added features like ransomware scanning and AI.