{
  "id": 4863180,
  "title": "Whatfix Co-founder and CEO Khadim Batti passes away",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/whatfix-co-founder-and-ceo-khadim-batti-passes-away",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-01T13:00:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "YourStory",
    "slug": "yourstory",
    "url": "https://yourstory.com/2026/09/whatfix-co-founder-khadim-batti-passes-away"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Khadim Batti, co-founder and CEO of SaaS company Whatfix, has passed away. According to reports from YourStory and Inc42, he died of a heart attack at the age of 49. Batti co-founded Whatfix with Vara Kumar in 2014 in Bengaluru, and the company provides a digital adoption platform that overlays software applications to offer real-time guidance, training, and analytics.\n\nBefore founding Whatfix, Batti was the co-founder and CEO of SearchEnabler, and worked as Delivery Head - DPI & BI Solutions at Huawei Technologies India Private Limited. As reported by The Economic Times, Batti had discussed his health with Vara Kumar the night before his passing, and his family has decided to hold his last rites in his hometown in Gujarat.\n\nWhatfix has raised funding from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Sequoia Capital India, Cisco Investments, Dragoneer, and Warburg Pincus, and has expanded its presence across global markets with a customer base that includes large enterprises. Avinash Raghavendra of AIBoomi and Avinash Raghava of SaaSBOOMi have paid tribute to Batti, remembering him as a friend, mentor, and supporter of founders and the Indian startup ecosystem.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Inc42",
        "title": "Whatfix Cofounder Khadim Batti Passes Away",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/whatfix-cofounder-khadim-batti-passes-away",
        "published": "2026-09-01T11:24:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Whatfix's cofounder Khadim Batti passes away",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/whatfixs-cofounder-khadim-batti-passes-away",
        "published": "2026-09-01T11:48:12.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}