IT Minister Sanjay Kumar and members of Sonatype’s management at the opening of the US firm’s innovation center in Hyderabad on Monday. | Photo credit: Arrangement
American software firm Sonatype, which has global presence in the UK, Australia and Colombia, has opened its first Indian office in Hyderabad.
The Hyderabad Innovation Center of the Fulton, Maryland-based company will serve as its largest and fastest growing research and development center. A key part of Sonatype’s expansion strategy, the office will work on AI innovation, open source security and play a key role in 24/7 global product delivery.
The facility opened with 50 employees and the company is hiring 50 more. The plan is to have 200 employees within a year.
“Hyderabad has become a magnet for the world’s most innovative companies, making India the epicenter of open source and AI-powered software development. The new center is poised to become the largest technology development hub for Sonatype,” said CEO Bhagwat Swaroop, adding that the hiring plan is significant given the firm’s global headcount of 400-450 currently.
India director and chief technology officer at Sonatype Abhishek Chauhan said the innovation center will house 200 people and help shape the future of secure software development for the world.
The firm said in a release after IT Secretary Sanjay Kumar inaugurated the facility that in 10-12 months, the office will have more than 200 engineers, product leaders, data scientists and AI experts. The team will focus on developing cutting-edge innovations in AI/ML-driven security, cloud-native software development, and open source intelligence.
IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu said that Hyderabad is leading India and the world in AI and open source innovation.
Published – 10 Nov 2025 19:48 IST
