Jul 2020 – Aug 2025 · 5 yrs 1 mo · Delhi / San Francisco

• Mesh is the first AI-centric performance enablement platform that helps people grow faster by scaling the habit of timely check-ins. We make it easy to manage goals, share feedback, have 1:1s and run reviews. Backed by Sequoia Capital, YCombinator, RTP Global and others.
• In 2025, Mesh.ai was recognized as one of the top 10 startups to work at by Forbes, alongside companies like OpenAI & Anthropic - https://www.forbes.com/lists/americas-best-startup-employers/
• In 2024, Saurabh was recognized as one of the Distinguished Alumni (under 40) by IIT Guwahati for Mesh.ai - https://www.iitg.ac.in/aer/index_list_awardees.php
• In 2023, Mesh.ai was recognized as one of the top 25 fastest-growing companies by G2, alongside companies like Notion and Figma - https://www.g2.com/best-software-companies/2023/fastest-growing
• In 2022, Mesh.ai was awarded the best HRTech startup by Entrepreneur magazine - https://www.entrepreneurindia.com/2021/award-winners.php
• Other media coverage -
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2022/04/13/how-mesh-aims-to-take-the-pain-out-of-performance-management/
• https://yourstory.com/2022/05/gurugram-hrtech-startup-mesh-continuous-feedback-conversations-culture-modern-workplace/amp
• https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/mesh-raises-5-million-in-funding-led-by-sequoia-capital-indias-surge/articleshow/84584505.cms
• https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/29/sequoia-unveils-fifth-group-of-startups-for-surge/
• https://mesh.ai

Dec 2017 – Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• DataMonk is a boutique data intelligence services company focussing on building custom technology solutions using deep learning, machine learning and big data techniques.
• Simplifying real world problems and building intelligent solutions using AI for corporations like JCB, Edelweiss, Grant Thornton, Cure.fit, etc.
• Carried responsibilities of CEO as well as CTO (Chief Technology Officer) & CPO (Chief Product Officer).

Apr 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos · New Delhi Area, India · On-site

• General Manager/Head of Consumer Experience Org - drove both Engineering & Product functions. Managed a team of 50+ people across 6 tech teams (engg & product) working on machine learning and big data projects -
• Personalization Platform - Responsible for showing relevant similarities and recommendations across products, content, collections, banners, etc.
• Communications Platform - Responsible for sending 40M+ daily communications across all mediums (emails, push notifications, in-app notifications) to the right consumers at the most relevant time.
• Journey Platform - Customer workflow engine to determine the current state of any consumer and apply business rules for experimentation.
• A/B Test Platform - Helps to decide when an experiment can be concluded with statistical significance.
• Action Optimizer - Figures out which action makes sense for the consumer amongst the possible communications/journeys a user lies in.
• Persona Platform - Computes user persona of 100M+ users in terms of human understandable format that aids in Search Results and Growth Experiments.

Jan 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 2 mos

• Helping entrepreneurs across startups - CaRPM, Fitology, Piggy, Healofy, AppAlert, Goals101, EfficientBazaar, WedMeGood,...
• If you are an enthusiastic entrepreneur and I can be of any help, please feel free to reach me at saurabhnangia[at]gmail[dot]com
• Disclaimer: I am not an investor or board member or full-time advisor.

Jan 2013 – Apr 2016 · 3 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area, New Delhi

• Built TargetingMantra. Carried responsibilities of CEO as well as CTO (Chief Technology Officer) & CPO (Chief Product Officer). Led strategy, product, engineering, fundraising & team. Hired a team of 30+ across all verticals.
• It was Asia's largest personalization and marketing automation platform. TargetingMantra was a customer lifecycle management platform for e-commerce, news portals, jobs website and other online businesses. It offered two key platforms - Iceberg: personalization platform and Snowflake: predictive marketing automation platform.
• TargetingMantra was backed by some of the biggest names - 500Startups, Nexus Venture Partners and One97 Mobility Fund. Its growth was acknowledged by multiple awards like NASSCOM Emerge 50 League of 10, Wharton India Economic Forum, etc. After over a 3 year successful stint, they got acquired by Snapdeal in 2016. Snapdeal was backed by Softbank and with a market cap of over $6.5B, it was one of largest Indian ecommerce companies.

Jan 2009 – Dec 2012 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Amazon, Seattle

• Designed and implemented the recommendations platform for Amazon.com and its subsidiaries. Built the first distributed Similarities Engine that leveraged an ensemble of multiple ML models to power item similarities and user recommendations features for IMDb, Zappos, LoveFilm, Audible and ShopBop. It led to significant increase in purchases, ratings and session length.
• Founding Member of Amazon Machine Learning Technical Committee that helped other teams within Amazon with machine learning problems. Conducted machine learning workshops and hack attacks.
• Conducted 150+ interviews at Amazon. Mentored engineers to help them grow and improve their technical skills