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FOUNDERS

FOUNDERS · 2 min
Why I keep building VPN companies — 22 years of routing packets and trust

From Cisco TAC at 3 AM in 2004 to six VPN companies in 2026 — what the textbooks still get wrong about the boring middle of the internet.
28 May, 10:33 pm IST
FOUNDER PROFILE

FOUNDER PROFILE · 6 min
22 years ago he debugged VPN failures for Cisco's biggest customers. Now he owns five VPN companies.

Zero-trust access. AI-managed SD-WAN. Agent tunnels. Post-quantum privacy. Multi-vendor mesh. The VPN category split into five new ones. Vikas Swami built a company for each.
21 May, 12:30 pm IST

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Why I keep building VPN companies — 22 years of routing packets and trust

22 years ago he debugged VPN failures for Cisco's biggest customers. Now he owns five VPN companies.