How an Atlanta tech entrepreneur went from startup to leading team of nearly 50

How an Atlanta tech entrepreneur went from startup to leading team of nearly 50


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Cove CEO Sandeep Ahuja cofounded the company when she was 24.

Sandeep Ahuja, founder and CEO of Cove, an AI architecture firm, poses outside the Georgia Tech Student Center on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. The former Georgia Tech student, along with her architectural firm, contributed to the renovation of the Student Center and other campus buildings (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Sandeep Ahuja, founder and CEO of Cove, an AI architecture firm, poses outside the Georgia Tech Student Center on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. The former Georgia Tech student, along with her architectural firm, contributed to the renovation of the Student Center and other campus buildings (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

By Grace Donnelly – For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

2 hours ago

Sandeep Ahuja always stated she’d own her own company by age 40.

Ahuja cofounded tech company Cove with her now-husband in 2017, when she was 24.

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