Ajinkya Malasane

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Founded and scaled AI businesses across multiple regions.
Led teams of over 300 people in diverse countries.
Achieved $500M ARR through strategic product management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI and E-commerce sectors with a strong focus on product strategy.

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AnalyticsBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCCRMConsultingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)E-commerceEntrepreneurshipMarket ResearchMatlabNew Business DevelopmentProduct ManagementStrategy

About

Global technology founder and executive with 12+ years building and scaling AI businesses across the US, EMEA, and APAC. In the past decade, I built an AI data infrastructure startup—well before the generative AI wave—and successfully exited to a US public company. Led AI product and GTM strategy for a 9-figure book of business. My leadsership approach is transferring clarity and purpose to teams, and always lead by example when times are tough. Experience Highlights - Built data products in the AI space every year, driving 8-figure revenues. - GTM & Revenue scale from $0M to $500M ARR—single and multi-product. - Set up offices and led teams in 5 countries: USA, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and more. - Led an organization of 300+ people.

Experience

Telus digital ai data solutions

2 roles

Senior Director, AI Product Strategy & Marketing

Jan 2024 – Apr 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Head of Business, AI

Jul 2021 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Led enterprise expansion of data labeling infrastructure across the US, EMEA, Japan, and South Korea for GenAI models and autonomous vehicles.

Playment

Co-Founder & Head of Business

Jul 2015 – Jul 2021 · 6 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Playment built data labeling infrastructure to create and manage training data for AI models. Our services were targeted to accelerate AI development & time to market for computer vision applications and autonomous vehicles.
Was funded by YC, Elevation Capital, Samsung

Flipkart

2 roles

Product

Promoted

Nov 2013 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore

Products built and managed - Flipkart Nearby, Flipkart Advantage, Flipkart Seller Platform
Product Experience - Payments and Accounting, Order Management, Warehousing ERP, Platform Quality Algorithms, Sales Lead Management

Category Business Analyst

Jun 2013 – Oct 2013 · 4 mos · Bangalore

As a category analyst in Mobiles and Tablets category of Flipkart Marketplace I have managed sales strategy for 21 verticals. My role involved sellers' business development and consulting. Worked on competitive pricing, stock projections and availability by estimating demands. Devised strategic promotions and offers for the sellers and well co-ordinated with the business development, cataloging, tech, logistics, seller and customer support teams to seller a pleasant customer experience.