# Viren Baraiya

> Viren Baraiya is co-founder of Orkes. Orkes Conductor Human tasks on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Orkes.

Viren Baraiya is co-founder and CTO of Orkes, the company behind Orkes Conductor. Orkes says its founding team are founding members of Conductor, the open-source project they developed and grew while at Netflix.

## What Viren builds

- [Orkes Conductor Human tasks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orkes-conductor.md), graded C, 54.2/100, in Human approval & handoff. Workflow orchestration platform, built on the open-source Conductor, with a Human task that pauses a workflow, assigns a form to a user or group and resumes with the submitted answer. Co-founder, Orkes, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Dilip Lukose](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dilip-lukose/), Co-founder, Orkes
- [Jeu George](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeu-george/), Co-founder, Orkes

## Backed by

- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nexus-venture-partners/)
- [Battery Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/)
- [Vertex Ventures US](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex-ventures-us/)
- [Mahendra Ramsinghani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mahendra-ramsinghani/)
- [Gokul Rajaram](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gokul-rajaram/)

## Questions

### Who is Viren Baraiya?

Viren Baraiya is co-founder and CTO of Orkes, the company behind Orkes Conductor. Orkes says its founding team are founding members of Conductor, the open-source project they developed and grew while at Netflix.

### What does Orkes make?

Anchor Terminal lists Orkes Conductor Human tasks from Orkes. Workflow orchestration platform, built on the open-source Conductor, with a Human task that pauses a workflow, assigns a form to a user or group and resumes with the submitted answer.

### Who has invested in Orkes?

The sources our research read name Nexus Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Vertex Ventures US, Mahendra Ramsinghani and Gokul Rajaram.

### How are Viren's tools graded?

Orkes Conductor Human tasks is graded C, 54.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://orkes.io/about-us
- https://orkes.io/

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