Akshay Sharma

CEO

United States10 yrs 1 mo experience
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Key Highlights

  • Pioneered the first virtual AI TV anchor globally.
  • Achieved $7.5M revenue growth in three years at SCIKEY.
  • Led AI video solutions with 300M+ daily viewer reach.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS entrepreneur specializing in AI-driven media solutions.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipArtificial Intelligence (ai)Business Development

Other Skills

Business StrategyTeam LeadershipVideo EditingProduct DevelopmentMedia ProductionDigital MarketingTeam ManagementComputer VisionData SciencePsychometricsArtificial Neural NetworksBack-End Web DevelopmentMicroservicesPython (Programming Language)MongoDB

About

☛ Building Personate (done-for-you Studio-grade AI Videos for Launch/Ads) ☛ Background - 300 Million+ daily viewer reach of videos from our AI Video SaaS. 100,000+ videos generated by our AI product users, including Fortune 500 ☛ Launched World's 1st Virtual AI TV anchor (AI Sana, April 2023 alongside Indian Prime Minister, before AI was cool) ☛ Launched World's 1st Virtual Govt. TV anchor (AI Bhoomi, 2024), Real Anchor clone (AI Anjana, 2023) Fan of Vivekananda, PJ Saher, Wordsworth, Kahneman

Experience

10 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Entrepreneurs first

Entrepreneur in Residence

Sep 2025 – Feb 2026 · 5 mos

  • Entrepreneur First is the world's leading investor, that backs founders in Deep-tech from their early stage. EF is backed by Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Greylock Partners, Founders Fund, Mosaic Ventures, and Lakestar.

Personate.ai

CEO & Co-founder

Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Studio-level AI Videos to help companies tell stories at scale.
  • Background -
  • ☛ 100,000+ videos generated by our AI product users, including Fortune 500
  • ☛ 300 Million+ daily viewer reach of videos from our AI product
  • ☛ Launched World's 1st Virtual AI TV anchor (AI Sana, April 2023 alongside Indian Prime Minister, before AI was cool)
  • ☛ Launched World's 1st Virtual Govt. TV anchor (AI Bhoomi, 2024), Real Anchor clone (AI Anjana, 2023)
EntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyTeam LeadershipVideo EditingProduct DevelopmentArtificial Intelligence (AI)+1

Suomi intia suera

Board Member

Nov 2019 – Oct 2020 · 11 mos · Helsinki Area, Finland

  • Established in 1949, the organization is responsible for promoting Indo-Finnish cross cultural collaboration across various fronts. It also, organizes Finland's largest Indo-Finnish event, India Day, in partnership with the Indian Embassy.

Scikey

CMO & Co-founder

Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

  • Led growth at SCIKEY ($0 to $7.5M Annual Revenue in 3 years) with Fortune 500 customers, while adding 400k platform users looking for better work opportunities, with a Job-personality match.
  • Backed by strategic investment from SRK Exports family office
  • Led Europe expansion & sourced €0.55 Million from Finnish Govt
  • Received Deloitte Fast 50 Company Award 2020, Financial Times High Growth Company Award and several other awards
Business DevelopmentDigital MarketingTeam Management

Various companies & startups

Other Experiences in various companies

Jan 2014 – Jan 2020 · 6 yrs

  • Industry mentor for an 2 MBA thesis on Generative AI & AI Video Solutions (University of Essex) and thesis on future skills in IT Industry for Europe (University of Nottingham) [2021, 2023]
  • Represented India at major platforms such as India-Sweden delegation, India-US Trade dialogue, India-ASEAN Startup Summit, etc.
  • Author in various publications like Economic Times, Express Computer, Business World, etc. [2021]
  • Board member Suomi Intia Suera (est. 1949) for promoting Indo-Finnish cross cultural collaboration across various fronts, in collaboration with the Indian Embassy. [2020]
  • Worked closely with the CEO's office at Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) in India, for internal process mapping, talent data analytics & improving the talent management strategy for the 1000+ workforce. [2016]
  • College venture: Bootstrapped Wishkriti.com, a socio-economic venture to support artisans, led product & growth to $10,000+ GMV. [2014]

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech

Jan 2011 – Jan 2015

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