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Ankit Dhawan

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Founder at Blue Pill

Seattle, Washington, United States

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About

Ankit Dhawan is the founder and CEO of BluePill AI, a company that builds AI-based digital representations of real audiences to conduct market research and predict consumer behavior for product, packaging, and marketing testing. The company has raised $6.25 million. He previously founded Virtuelly, a team-building and culture platform that reached $2 million in revenue before being acquired, and earlier launched On The Go, a free daily newspaper in India. Dhawan's prior experience includes product and go-to-market roles for AWS GenAI Voice AI and Amazon Global personalization, as well as participation in Amazon's Retail Leadership Development Program. He holds an MBA from Cornell University.

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Flying Fish VenturesSeattle · $500K – $5M checksUbiquity VenturesPalo Alto · $1M – $3M checks

Experience

  1. BluePill AIFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  2. RealStar AICo-founder & CEO at RealStar AI2024 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
  3. Allen Institute for AI (AI2)Entrepreneur in Residence2023 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  4. VirtuellyFounder and CEO (exited)2020 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  5. AmazonTech Product Lead, Generative Artificial Intelligence - Voice2019 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
  6. AmazonSr. Product Manager AI & ML - Personalization & Localization Amazon Global2017 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
  7. AmazonRetail Leadership Development Program - Grocery Category2016 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
  8. Various Start-upsAngel Investor2017 — 2019India
  9. Cornell UniversityMBA, Entrepreneurship and Business Analytics2014 — 2016Tompkins County, New York, United States
  10. WebtabProduct Manager2015Greater Seattle Area
  11. Curtiss-Wright CorporationProduct Manager2012 — 2014Johannesburg, South Africa
  12. On The Go Infomedia Pvt. LtdFounder & Director2011 — 2012New Delhi
  13. Curtiss-Wright Flow ControlSales and Application Manager2009 — 2010Greater Delhi Area
  14. Alstom PowerSales & Marketing Associate2007 — 2009Greater Delhi Area
  15. Voith HydroManagement Intern2007Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Start-ups31Product Management25Marketing Strategy27Entrepreneurship25Sales9Business Development17Business Strategy3Data Analysis8Market Research4Marketing1Project Management3Strategy44
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Who is Ankit Dhawan?
Ankit Dhawan is the founder and CEO of BluePill AI, a company that builds AI-based digital representations of real audiences to conduct market research and predict consumer behavior for product, packaging, and marketing testing. The company has raised $6.25 million. He previously founded Virtuelly, a team-building and culture platform that reached $2 million in revenue before being acquired, and earlier launched On The Go, a free daily newspaper in India. Dhawan's prior experience includes product and go-to-market roles for AWS GenAI Voice AI and Amazon Global personalization, as well as participation in Amazon's Retail Leadership Development Program. He holds an MBA from Cornell University.
Where does Ankit Dhawan work?
Ankit Dhawan is Founder of Blue Pill.
What companies did Ankit Dhawan found?
Ankit Dhawan founded Blue Pill.
Where did Ankit Dhawan go to school?
Ankit Dhawan studied at Cornell University; Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Entreprenurship and Business Analytics); Savitribai Phule Pune University (BE, Mechanical Engineering).

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