Press kit
Logo files, a company description, founder bios and photos, and a press contact, all in one place.
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Sidekick Machines is an AI agent engineering company based in Calgary, Alberta. It builds digital AI co-workers: AI agents that take on whole jobs inside a company’s own environment and work with people in Microsoft Teams, bringing sensitive decisions to a person. It also licenses its software, including Sidekick Gateway, a decentralized MCP gateway with human approvals. Sidekick Machines is led by Hari Lakku, Founder & CTO, and Sai Gandhi, Co-Founder & Head of Engineering.
Sidekick Machines is a Calgary-based AI agent engineering company that builds digital AI co-workers for any job and licenses agent software, including a decentralized MCP gateway.
Founders
Bios in their own words, with photos.
Founder & CTO
I’ve spent 15 years in the enterprise technology trenches and three years deep in agentic AI research. I’ve watched generative AI go from party tricks to digital AI co-workers, and built those digital AI co-workers myself. I started Sidekick Machines because good technology should unlock business potential and give people room to do their best work. Offline, I’m outside: Canadian winter is my favourite season, and mountain trails are my reset button.
Co-Founder & Head of Engineering
I run AI engineering at Sidekick Machines, which mostly means asking “what happens when this breaks at 2 a.m.?” before anyone else does. 15 years in technology, the last two following AI agents up close, and a firm belief that dependable beats flashy.
Press contact
Email press@sidekickmachines.com. Interviews, background and fact checks all start there.
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