About
Vishal Sankhla is the co-founder and CEO of Outmarket AI, a company building AI-driven automation tools for the commercial insurance industry, which he co-founded with Anshu Jain. His prior experience includes data work at Uber, ads optimization at Meta, and leading consumer and enterprise product teams at Ethos. Outmarket AI is backed by Fika Ventures, TTV, Dash Fund, and Everywhere VC.
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Outmarket's investors · 7
Dash FundNew York · $200K – $400K checks · since 2026FikaCulver City · $1M – $10M checksFika VenturesCulver City · $250K – $2M checks · since 2026Permanent Capital VenturesChicago · since 2026SignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2026TTVAtlantaTTV CapitalAtlanta · $250K – $7M checks · since 2026
Experience
- Outmarket AICo-founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- EthosVP of Product2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- FacebookDirector of Engineering2019 — 2021
- UberHead of Product, Core Platform2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- CisionVP of Product & Engineering2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Viralheat (acquired by Cision)Co-founder & CTO2011 — 2015San Mateo, CA
- CiscoLead Software Engineer2007 — 2009
- Network Chemistry (Acquired by Aruba Networks)Senior Software Engineer2004 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence (AI)3Insurance3Product Development1Ruby4Entrepreneurship35Social Media19Media Analysis5Mobile Devices30Analytics40Web 2.07Web Analytics27Mobile Internet4
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Marketing AutomationMobile ApplicationsBig DataE-commerceStart-upsSocial Media MarketingSocial NetworkingRuby on RailsManagementEnterprise SoftwareSaaSProduct ManagementFrom Vishal's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vishal Sankhla?
- Vishal Sankhla is the co-founder and CEO of Outmarket AI, a company building AI-driven automation tools for the commercial insurance industry, which he co-founded with Anshu Jain. His prior experience includes data work at Uber, ads optimization at Meta, and leading consumer and enterprise product teams at Ethos. Outmarket AI is backed by Fika Ventures, TTV, Dash Fund, and Everywhere VC.
- Where does Vishal Sankhla work?
- Vishal Sankhla is Founder of Outmarket.
- What companies did Vishal Sankhla found?
- Vishal Sankhla founded Outmarket.
- Where did Vishal Sankhla go to school?
- Vishal Sankhla studied at University of Southern California (Masters, Electrical Engineering: Wireless Networking, Security and Large scale data processing); Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidalaya (BSEE, Electronics Engineering).
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