Arpit Goel

Founder CEO Root | Founder Gamma (acq. PANW) | Company Builder | Angel Investor

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Arpit Goel is the founder CEO of Root (https://useRoot.com) - a programmable treasury operations platform driving global real-time payment settlements to rewrite the global money movement landscape. Late 2018, Arpit founded Gamma.AI, a pioneering ML-powered cloud data security company which was acquired by Palo Alto Networks within three years in 2021 and merged with their Next-Gen CASB business unit. Arpit served in an integral leadership role to transform the business unit leading to over 3x business growth within 18 months. Arpit received a BS in Computer Science from IIT Delhi and a PhD from Stanford University. Additionally, Arpit also acts as a strategic advisor, angel investor, operator and board member to entrepreneurs in the early stages of their startup journey.

Experience

  • Founder, CEO at Root
    Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Changing how money moves across the globe

  • Company Builder, Startup Advisor & Angel Investor at Various
    Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Strategic advisor, angel investor, operator and board member, providing expertise on market entry, product market fit, and go-to-market strategy to entrepreneurs in the very early phases of their startup journey. Emphasizes a practical entrepreneurial approach and leverages operational expertise to insert process, structure, and frameworks that address speed bumps and pitfalls faced by solo and first time founders.

  • Vice President of Product, Next-Gen CASB at Palo Alto Networks
    Aug 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

    - Led integration and product development of Gamma & Palo Alto Networks CASB Business Unit - Led toward 3x business growth for PANW CASB within 18 months

  • Founder, CEO at Gamma
    Nov 2018 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    AI-powered enterprise-ready cloud data discovery, data classification and data loss prevention platform. Acquired by Palo Alto Networks in August, 2021 to form the core of their NG-CASB data protection technology.

  • Lead Data Scientist at Target
    Mar 2017 - Apr 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Data Science, Personalization, Loyalty & Marketing