Ashok Shastry — Co-Founder
Ashok Shastry is a founder, operator, and builder at heart. He co-founded DriveU in 2015 and spent nearly a decade scaling it into India’s largest on-demand driver network, powering over 8 million trips across 800,000+ customers. From operations and growth to product and partnerships, he built and ran the engine that moved the company. Today, he’s building BaseThesis, an AI Lab & Launch Studio focused on solving hard problems at the intersection of humans and intelligence. BaseThesis backs technical teams, builds deep infrastructure (starting with voice), and spins out companies with real engineering advantage from day one. Interested in BaseThesis? Drop an email to ashok@basethesis.com
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Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 14 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Product Vision
- Founder Support
Career Highlights
- Co-founded India's largest on-demand driver network.
- Building an AI Lab focused on human-intelligence intersection.
- Expert in product vision and founder support.
Work Experience
BaseThesis Labs
Co-Founder (7 mos)
DriveU
Co-Founder, Board Member (9 mos)
Co-Founder, CGO (9 mos)
Co-Founder, CEO (2 yrs 6 mos)
Co-Founder, COO (7 yrs)
TaxiForSure.com
Event Alliances Manager (10 mos)
Operations Analyst (9 mos)
Equity Residential
Intern: Leasing Consultant (4 mos)
The Law Office of Phillip Ghaderi
Marketing Coordinator/ Office Managment (3 mos)
T-Mobile, Mobile One LLC
Sales Associate (5 mos)
SolarForPeace
Volunteer (1 mo)
24 Hour Fitness
Membership Counselor (6 mos)
Starbucks
Barista (11 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Science (BS) at California State University - East Bay
High School Diploma at Sierra High School