About
Esha Joshi is Co-Founder, President, and Chief Customer Officer at Yoodli, an AI-powered roleplay platform used for sales training, manager coaching, and communication training that supports nearly one million users and clients including Google, Databricks, SAP, and ServiceNow. The company has raised more than $60 million from WestBridge Capital, Madrona, and Neotribe Ventures. Before founding Yoodli, Joshi spent four years at Apple as a software engineer and product manager working on Apple TV+ and Beats by Dr. Dre, and she holds a BS in Software Engineering from Cal Poly.
Founder at YOODLI
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YOODLI's investors · 8
Allen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorSeattle · $100K – $600K checksAllen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Incubator (AI2)SeattleAscend Venture CapitalSeattle · $250K – $750K checksJ4 VenturesNew YorkMadrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks · since 2025Neotribe VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $2M checks · since 2025Notable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checksWestBridge CapitalLondon · $12.7M – $50.8M checks · since 2025
Co-founders at YOODLI
VP
Varun PuriCEO, Co-founder
EJ
Esha J.Chief Customer Officer, Co-founder
Experience
- YoodliCo-Founder, President, Chief Customer Officer at Yoodlicurrent2021 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Allen Institute for AI (AI2)Entrepreneur In Residence2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- AppleSoftware Engineer, Product Manager – Apple TV+, Beats by Dr. Dre2019 — 2021Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- AppleSoftware Engineer – Information Technology Development Program2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- SelfPublic Speaker / Freelance Writer2018 — 2021
- GoingVC PartnersInvestment Scout2020
- TEDx San FranciscoContent Development Manager | Speaker Team Lead2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Girls Who CodeChapter Club Co-Founder | Lead Organizer | Lead Instructor2016 — 2017Sunnyvale, California, United States
- RepayFounder, Co-Lead Engineer2016San Luis Obispo, California, United States
- California Polytechnic State UniversityInstructional Student Assistant2015 — 2016San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
- AppleSoftware Engineering Intern2015Cupertino, CA
- IntuitSoftware Engineering Intern2014Mountain View, CA
- WD, a Western Digital companyElectronic Programmer Intern2013San Jose, CA
- NASA Ames Research CenterAir Traffic Management Research Intern2011Mountain View, CA
- LooxcieProduct Developer Intern2010Sunnyvale, CA
Education
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoBachelor of Science (BS), Software Engineering2012 — 2016
- GoingVCVenture Capital2020
- UCLA Anderson School of ManagementRiordan MBA Fellow2019 — 2020
Skills & more
Sales Enablement2Communication Coaching1Sales TrainingsSystems Programming4Agile Methodologies6Scrum3Information Security StandardsTechnical Writing3Terminal3Software Engineering8Software Development6Public Speaking15
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LeadershipAI RoleplaysJavaC ProgrammingJavaScriptGolang (Go programming language)PythonProcessingVisual Basic 5.0/6.0Amazon Web Services (AWS)CPowerPointLanguages English · French · Hindi
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