The convergence of all the communication technologies is happening all around us: television on your cell phone, phone calls from your computer, e-mail from your cell pocket. Great Software Laboratory (GS Lab) is building an expertise in this area by delivering custom software applications for clients in this space as they patiently work towards a more productized platform.
After selling his first start-up, Internet Junction, to Cisco, and his second start-up, Sarvega, to Intel, Sunil Gaitonde has decided to take a different approach with GS Lab. He is focusing on building a company, not a product. "Communications Convergence", as he calls it, is not going to happen overnight. By taking on very focused custom projects, he is building a team of people with an expertise in this area until he is ready to launch his own product. Co-founder Shrindhar was COO at Persistent Systems and helped them grow to 500+ people in eight years. Both also found time to get their Ph.Ds.
Dimensions: 100 people x 3 years x $ NDA
Funding: Bootstrapping through revenue from custom development
Customers: Companies building products in the communication space (handheld, collaboration, etc)
Location: Chicago [Burr Ridge] + India [Pune] + www.gs-lab.com
Facebook: Sunil Gaitonde
