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Som Ganchoudhuri

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Co-Founder, AI Palette at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition · CEO at Ai Palette

Singapore

FoundedAi Palette

About

Som Ganchoudhuri is Co-founder and CEO of AI Palette, a Singapore-headquartered artificial intelligence startup that applies AI technology to the consumer packaged goods and food and beverage industries to deliver market insights and product development support. Under his leadership, AI Palette scaled to over 100 employees, expanded operations across five continents, and partnered with Fortune 500 companies before a successful acquisition. Prior to founding AI Palette, Ganchoudhuri spent over a decade in sales and strategy roles with major FMCG brands, and has co-authored a book on new product development for the food industry; he is a frequent speaker at international food technology and business conferences.

CEO at Ai Palette

Intro paths

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Ai Palette's investors · 7

AgFunderSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checksEntrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checksExfinity VenturesBengaluru · $500K – $3.5M checksKickstart InnovationZurichpi VenturesIndia · $250K – $3M checksSGInnovateSingapore · $652K – $18M checksTin Men CapitalSingapore · $500K – $5M checks

Co-founders at Ai Palette

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Himanshu UpretiCofounder

Experience

  1. Ai PaletteCo-Founder2025 — 2026Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  2. Ai PaletteCo-Founder & CEO2018 — 2026Singapore
  3. Entrepreneur FirstEFSG4 Founder In Residence2018 — 2019Singapore
  4. GivaudanProgram Lead, Global Commercial Transformation2016 — 2018Singapore
  5. GivaudanKey Account Manager2011 — 2016Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  6. ShopscribedCo-Founder2014 — 2015Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  7. Yokogawa India LimitedExecutive Engineer2006 — 2009Bangalore, India

Education

  1. SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing2009 — 2011
  2. Anna UniversityBachelor of Engineering (BE), Electronics & Instrumentation2002 — 2006

Skills & more

Fundraising7P&L Management4Business Strategy44Competitive Analysis61Business Analysis14Project Management3Marketing Strategy13New Business Development5Sales Management3Market Analysis11Negotiation1Strategy8
+12 moreTeam BuildingTeam ManagementManagementKey Account ManagementBusiness DevelopmentFMCGDesign ThinkingSalesLeadershipTeamworkCommunicationPersonal Branding
  • Real-time Advertising Fundamentals — Quantcast
  • Google Ad Words search advertising — Google
  • Change Management Foundations — LinkedIn
  • Design Thinking for Innovation — Coursera
  • Stanford Introduction to Food and Health — Coursera

From Som's professional profile.

Colleagues at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition

Adesh Goel
Partner, Dilanchian Legal at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Alok Kulkarni
CEO, Cyara at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Amarandhar Kotha
Managing Director, Datacipher at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Ashutosh Raina
Business Owner, Director, Knowledge Partner Professionals at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Bipin Manuel
Managing Director, Brisbane Strategy Ventures at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Chandan Miskin
Director & CEO, AlphaLeo at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Dr. Namita Gupta
Cofounder, Restocq at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
Gurpal Singh
Principal Director, Saundh, Singh & Smith Lawyers at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition

Frequently asked questions

Where does Som Ganchoudhuri work?
Som Ganchoudhuri is Co-Founder, AI Palette at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition and CEO at Ai Palette.
What companies did Som Ganchoudhuri found?
Som Ganchoudhuri founded Ai Palette.

Founder mafias

Entrepreneur First mafia595

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SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) mafia3

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Jash MotaBachelor of Technology (BTech)Founded Flywheel AISiddhant LadBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded Minro

Anna University mafia2

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Hariprasath ParthasarathyBachelor of EngineeringFounded 2by4

TiE Women Global Pitch Competition mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Saby BhattacharyaCEO and Director, Get it Fast, M3 LogisticsFounded Getitfast

Same school

Also attended SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)37

Nishant BankaAssociate at Moneta VenturesJimit PatelSenior Associate, Healthcare at Jungle VenturesRahul AgarwallaFounding and Managing Partner at SenseAI VenturesAbhijay ThackerInvestment Advisor at PICUS CAPITALChris Ashley PintoInvestment Analyst at Menterra Venture AdvisorsJapan VyasManaging Partner at Roots Ventures

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Also attended Anna University2

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Shared employers

Also worked at Ai Palette2

Michael DeanPartner at AgFunderArundhati MenonAVP - Investments at Exfinity Ventures

Also worked at Entrepreneur First485

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockToby CoppelCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesBenedict EvansWrites a weekly technology newsletter read by close to 200,000 peoplePeterDeep Tech Investment Lead at Hummingbird VenturesAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesIsabel FoxHead of Investor Relations at Hoxton Ventures

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Also worked at Givaudan4

Chris ThoenChairman of the Scientific Advisory Board & IC Member (PeakBridge Growth II) at PeakBridge VCFabio CampanileSwitzerland Board Member at MassChallenge MexicoTony MosesInvestor at At One VenturesShruti SalkarProgram Manager at Big Idea Ventures