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title: "Ajinkya Malasane - Co-Founder in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Ajinkya Malasane, Building Again | 2X Founder | Forbes 30u30 Asia based in Bengaluru."
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# Ajinkya Malasane on Tal

## Headline

Building Again \| 2X Founder \| Forbes 30u30 Asia

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Co\-Founder at Stealth AI Startup, Jul 2026 \- Oct 2026 · 4 mos, Bangalore

Personal goal pursuit at Career Break, May 2025 \- Jun 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos, Tried to live a calendar\-less life and follow the wind\. Looks like that's not me\. I breed on action\.

Senior Director, AI Product Strategy & Marketing at TELUS Digital AI Data Solutions, Jan 2024 \- Apr 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos, Hybrid

Head of Business, AI at TELUS Digital AI Data Solutions, Jul 2021 \- Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 7 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\.

Co\-Founder & Head of Business at Playment, Jul 2015 \- Jul 2021 · 6 yrs 1 mo, 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

Product at Flipkart, Nov 2013 \- Jun 2015 · 1 yr 8 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 at Flipkart, Jun 2013 \- Oct 2013 · 5 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\.

## Education

Y Combinator

PGDM, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

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