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Sunil Nair

Co-Founder

Singapore, Singapore, Singapore21 yrs 5 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Pioneered AI video infrastructure in Singapore.
  • Scaled ALTBalaji to over 15 million subscribers.
  • Led Firework's successful pivot to SaaS.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Media expert with a focus on AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ai-ready Video InfrastructureDataset LicensingAi-powered EngagementVideo CommerceProduct StrategyMarket PositioningBusiness ExpansionSaas DevelopmentSaas Platform DevelopmentBusiness StrategyOtt Platform Development

Other Skills

AI infrastructureData managementVideo intelligenceAI engagementRetention strategiesContent StrategySaaSE-CommerceLive StreamingRetailDigital MediaStrategic PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentSaaS SalesOTT platform

About

Industry Innovator | Thought Leader in AI Infrastructure, Digital Media, Live Commerce, OTT, and Strategic Growth I build at the intersection of media, AI, and digital commerce, with a focus on scalable infrastructure, intelligent engagement, and sustainable monetisation. As Founder of Clairva, I’m leading the creation of a Singapore-based AI data infrastructure company that helps video-forward AI models become safer, smarter, and more useful. Clairva works with creators, platforms, and enterprises to build authenticated datasets that power the next generation of video intelligence. Our mission: to make video AI trainable, trustworthy, and commercially viable - by design. Alongside Clairva, I serve as Advisor and Co-Founder at Mela, an India-focused company delivering AI-powered visibility, engagement, retention, and monetisation solutions for brands and publishers. From shoppable video to creator-led campaigns and platform workflows, Mela bridges commerce with content: turning attention into action across e-commerce and digital ecosystems. Prior to these ventures, I led Firework’s APAC expansion as Managing Director and launched its India operations as CEO, helping pivot the company to a scalable B2B SaaS platform serving global brands and media houses. Earlier, as COO of ALTBalaji, I helped build one of India’s most influential OTT platforms, growing its subscriber base past 15 million and helping shape the creative and business strategy that has since inspired global players in the market. Core Expertise AI-ready video infrastructure and dataset licensing Building and scaling digital media and live commerce platforms India-APAC go-to-market strategy and product innovation Creator economy, monetisation, and platform workflows Strategic growth, team building, and operational leadership Career Highlights Leading Clairva’s AI infrastructure play from Singapore Building Mela’s hybrid video commerce and retention engine for India Spearheaded Firework’s pivot to SaaS across Asia Scaled ALTBalaji’s OTT business through direct and partnership channels Recognised across the industry for innovation, storytelling, and impact I am passionate about building systems that turn content into infrastructure and audiences into outcomes. Always open to conversations on the future of media, AI, and commerce.

Experience

21 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
10 mos
Current Experience

Clairva

Co-Founder

Jun 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Singapore · On-site

  • Clairva is building the world’s first AI video data infrastructure designed for provenance, licensing, and cultural authenticity. We help content owners, studios, and creators transform their video libraries into structured, rights-managed, AI-ready datasets. Our Leinua Vault ensures every frame is traceable, licensed, and monetized; powering responsible AI model training across regions and languages.
  • From cultural nuance to data integrity, Clairva bridges the gap between media and machine intelligence.
AI-ready video infrastructureDataset licensing

Wnnr

Strategic Advisor

May 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Singapore · Remote

  • WNNR.in is a platform that addresses an important gap in marketing, traditionally dominated by data dark digital environments and big tech with no data access for advertisers. It provides unparalleled access to contextual first-party data, revolutionizing business-customer interactions. My role is to help refine product strategy, go to market and positioning.
Product strategyMarket positioning

Vydio

Mentor

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · Remote

  • Mela Platforms DBA Vydio.Biz is a consulting-led AI and video commerce company. We help brands and publishers stay visible, engage meaningfully, and build loyalty in an era dominated by AI agents. Our proprietary tools and workflows are built to ensure structured content, gamified retention, and measurable monetization—turning every view into a relationship, and every interaction into lasting value.
AI-powered engagementVideo commerce

Belive technology

2 roles

Senior Consultant

Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 · 2 mos · Singapore · Hybrid

Content StrategySaaSE-CommerceLive StreamingRetailDigital Media+2

President

Jan 2023 – Oct 2023 · 9 mos · Singapore · Hybrid

  • Responsible for business expansion of BeLive globally.

Firework

2 roles

Managing Director - APAC Region

Jul 2022 – Dec 2022 · 5 mos · Singapore

Chief Executive Officer - India

Oct 2019 – Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Singapore

  • Lauched Firework in India in 2019.
  • Firework is the world's leading immersive "shoppertainment" platform with shoppable video, live streaming commerce and monetization capabilities powering over 600 direct-to-consumer brands, retailers and media publishers worldwide. Pandemic-accelerated, Firework has experienced 10x year-over-year growth, bringing interactive video experiences, all by adding just one line of HTML code to their own website. Firework enables its customers to create and host native, shoppable video content for engaging product discovery, seamless shopping experiences and ultimately, a deeper emotional connection with consumers. The company is backed by IDG Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, GSR Ventures, American Express and Softbank Vision Fund with over $235 million in capital raised to date. To learn more, please visit www.firework.tv.
Content StrategyStrategic PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentSaaS SalesSaaS platform developmentBusiness strategy

Alt digital media entertainment ltd.

Chief Operating Officer

Jun 2015 – Sep 2019 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Responsible for building India's first pure play original video content platform. Strategy, Marketing, Revenue, Business Development, Alliances, Platform, Technology and Big Data Inference Engines.
  • ALTBalaji SVOD platform is deep and wide with not just Android and iOS apps. The service is available on Windows Universal App, Roku, Amazon Fire, Android TV, Apple TV, Opera TV, Jio STB and very soon on smart STBs of DTH providers. We have integrated with payment options that cover all wallets and digital payment options. The service is also preloaded on OEMs, available bundled with ecommerce portals and as part of the entertainment packs of major telcos.
  • We launched the service successfully on 16 April 2017
OTT platform developmentBusiness strategy

Jio

Vice President

Jul 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Navi Mumbai

  • Reliance Jio is Reliance Industries' 4G LTE and FTTH venture. I was responsible for new initiatives, innovation, business development and original content strategy. Worked on the product and content strategy around News, Gaming and Original vertical. Created prototypes of a STB based gaming offering and news offering that brought together over 500 publications under one umbrella.
  • Interesting times ahead in Original Content, Original Music, Gaming, News, OTT Services and alliances and partnerships when the 4G services launch next year.

Star india pvt ltd

AVP & Business Head MyStar

Dec 2010 – Jul 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos · Mumbai

  • Responsible for the overall business of Star TV's online videos. Create, execute and sustain a viable business model across platforms using some of the most exciting partners in the space today globally

Nautanki.tv networks private limited

CEO

Oct 2006 – Jan 2010 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Was the CEO of nautanki.tv and the buck stopped at my door. If that does not explain what I did then nothing else ever will!
  • Was responsible for the business plan, raising money, daily operations, content strategy and business development of the company. Between 2006 and 2010, the team raised 7.5 crores in funding from angel investors and Hungama. Eventually acquired by Hungama as a distress sale. Could not raise money from VCs in 2008 because Nautanki was too early for the OTT revolution that happened 10 years later,
  • The best college education outside college I could have got.

Brand portrait

ceo

Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 · 0 mo

  • Responsible for business development, deliveries and revenue

Pinstorm

Head Business and Strategy

Apr 2005 – Nov 2005 · 7 mos

  • Responsible for the first organised SEM company's marketing into Indian agency space

Webpercept

Business Head

Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr

  • Business Development, delivery, new initiatives in Search Marketing and Mobile

Hungama.com (vmipl)

Head Planning and Strategy

Nov 2004 – Apr 2005 · 5 mos

  • Responsible for business development via planning and brand strategy

Eventus

Account Planning

Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 · 1 yr

  • Responsible for strategy, ideation and planning of activation for brands like HDFC, CavinCare, Aircel, HSBC, ICICI Bank, IFSL and UB Liquor brands

Maximize

id

Jan 2002 – Jan 2002 · 0 mo

  • Instructional Design for Cisco and Oracle.

Pixel technologies

founder

Jan 1997 – Jan 2000 · 3 yrs

  • Sales and Marketing, Revenues, Raising Money

Education

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Masters in Management Sciences — Marketing

Jan 1994 – Jan 1996

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) — Physics

Jan 1990 – Jan 1993

National Computing Centre, UK

Post Graduate Diploma in Systems

Jan 1996 – Jan 1997

Rosary Schools Pune

SSC

Jan 1984 – Jan 1988