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Harsha vardhan

Founder & CEO @ COUNT AI | Building Deep Tech AI Products

India

10+ years of work experience

CountAI
Jan 20224 yrs 9 mosPresent

India

- Bootstrapped COUNT.AI over 4+ years into a ~50-member deep-tech company building AI systems that operate reliably in harsh industrial environments. - Led the development of Knit-I, a production-critical AI inspection platform running at 100+ FPS, helping factories reduce quality losses by ~20–50% and achieve strong market leadership in key regions. Built and scaled strong engineering, sales, and customer success teams, delivering and supporting systems globally. - Now leading LeadPulze as a flagship product — applying factory-grade signal capture to event-driven and in-person B2B sales to improve follow-ups and conversions.
Tiger Analytics
Sep 20218 mosApr 2022

- Worked with one of the largest FMCG companies to build an ML-platform that could support multiple Computer vision use cases
TOYOTA Connected India Pvt Ltd
Jun 20192 yrs 3 mosAug 2021

- Built mapping tool using the camera feed from multiple Toyota vehicles. This involved training models for the sub-tasks such as 3D-object detections, Geotagging, Bird’s eye view transformation, Object Tracking, Depth estimation, etc - Optimized models to work on mobile platforms (Qualcomm) for use cases involving pose estimation, object detection, and scene classification - Developed an edge deployable recommender engine for infotainment systems
Philips
Apr 20143 yrsMar 2017

- Tailored telehealth service to suit surgeon’s needs. The service in combination with Medical devices enabled Philips to enter into software as a service space. - Won the best innovation award for designing novel collision detection systems

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Dual Degree

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

20095 yrs2014
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Bachelor's degree, Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

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Headline

Founder & CEO @ COUNT AI | Building Deep Tech AI Products

About

As Founder & CEO of COUNT AI, I build AI systems that prevent revenue leaks caused by forgotten sales conversations and poor follow-ups. Our flagship product, LeadPulze, is built for event-driven and in-person B2B sales — exhibitions, conferences, demos, and field meetings — where conversations are rich, but follow-ups often lose context. LeadPulze captures high-signal sales talks naturally using an audio-first, one-tap workflow (3–5× faster than typing). AI handles transcription, structuring key signals (intent, objections, timelines), and triggering follow-up actions — without forms or CRM friction. Offline-first, mobile-friendly, and CRM-agnostic, LeadPulze preserves context so sales teams deliver sharper follow-ups and close more in long-cycle, high-value sales such as manufacturing, capital equipment, and enterprise SaaS. At COUNT AI, we’ve built AI systems that augment quality and decision-making in tough, real-world environments — where noise is high, conditions are imperfect, and failure is costly. LeadPulze applies the same discipline to sales: capturing the right signal at the moment it matters, so nothing critical is lost. If you lead B2B sales and your event follow-ups feel generic, let’s connect.

Location

India

Work experience

Chief Executive Officer at CountAI, Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos, India, - Bootstrapped COUNT.AI over 4+ years into a ~50-member deep-tech company building AI systems that operate reliably in harsh industrial environments. - Led the development of Knit-I, a production-critical AI inspection platform running at 100+ FPS, helping factories reduce quality losses by ~20–50% and achieve strong market leadership in key regions. Built and scaled strong engineering, sales, and customer success teams, delivering and supporting systems globally. - Now leading LeadPulze as a flagship product — applying factory-grade signal capture to event-driven and in-person B2B sales to improve follow-ups and conversions.

Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Tiger Analytics, Sep 2021 - Apr 2022 · 8 mos, - Worked with one of the largest FMCG companies to build an ML-platform that could support multiple Computer vision use cases

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer at TOYOTA Connected India Pvt Ltd, Jun 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos, - Built mapping tool using the camera feed from multiple Toyota vehicles. This involved training models for the sub-tasks such as 3D-object detections, Geotagging, Bird’s eye view transformation, Object Tracking, Depth estimation, etc - Optimized models to work on mobile platforms (Qualcomm) for use cases involving pose estimation, object detection, and scene classification - Developed an edge deployable recommender engine for infotainment systems

Technical Leadership Program - Product Development at Philips, Apr 2014 - Mar 2017 · 3 yrs, - Tailored telehealth service to suit surgeon’s needs. The service in combination with Medical devices enabled Philips to enter into software as a service space. - Won the best innovation award for designing novel collision detection systems

Education

Dual Degree, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Bachelor's degree, Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

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