Amit Kumar

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Founder/CEO at Dragonfruit AI – Visual Intelligence for Enterprises @ Pegasci Capital
About Amit Kumar

Dragonfruit AI is the trusted partner of the world’s largest brands and retailers, delivering “Simply Meaningful Video” with our unified vision platform. Exclusively tailored for multi-location enterprises, our suite, powered by Apple M1 and Generative AI, includes top-tier apps from VMS and burglar alarms to retail insights, shelf inventory management, and pioneering self-checkout fraud detection. Engineered to excel in bandwidth-constrained environments, our global presence and robust patent portfolio underscore our commitment to transforming how enterprises leverage video data for actionable intelligence.Previously led Product for the broad member experience on Nextdoor, including overall growth, engagement, and international rollout. Before that, started Trimian (bought by NerdWallet). Before that, started Lexity (bought by Yahoo). At Yahoo, turned around their Small Business practice ($100mil EBITDA). Previously opened up Yahoo Web Search (a multi-billion dollar engine) through Yahoo SearchMonkey.Enjoy shipping new and complex products that tap into the latest technology trends. Wide-ranging experience across Consumer/SMB/Enterprise, Search/Networking/Commerce/AdTech/Communities, Startup/Fortune500. Innovator with 20+ patents and numerous awards.

Amit Kumar's Current Company Details
Pegasci Capital

Pegasci Capital

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Founder/CEO at Dragonfruit AI – Visual Intelligence for Enterprises
Amit Kumar Work Experience Details
  • Pegasci Capital
    General Partner
    Pegasci Capital Dec 2024 - Present
    Focused on funding early-stage entrepreneurs taking on real-world computer vision applications
  • Dragonfruit Ai
    Founder & Ceo
    Dragonfruit Ai May 2019 - Present
    Menlo Park, Ca, Us
    Dragonfruit AI is the trusted partner of the world’s largest brands and retailers, delivering “Simply Meaningful Video” with our unified vision platform. Exclusively tailored for multi-location enterprises, our suite, powered by Apple M1 and Generative AI, includes top-tier apps from VMS and burglar alarms to retail insights, shelf inventory management, and pioneering self-checkout fraud detection. Engineered to excel in bandwidth-constrained environments, our global presence and robust patent portfolio underscore our commitment to transforming how enterprises leverage video data for actionable intelligence.
  • Iit Delhi Alumni Association, North America
    President
    Iit Delhi Alumni Association, North America Oct 2006 - Dec 2019
    New Delhi, In
    Organizing, evangelizing, cheerleading.
  • Nextdoor
    Product Lead, Growth, Engagement & Global Expansion
    Nextdoor Jun 2018 - May 2019
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Product responsibility for the broad member experience on Nextdoor, including growth and engagement initiatives. Also responsible for product rollout across 8 countries around the world, and counting.
  • Trimian (Acquired)
    Founder & Ceo
    Trimian (Acquired) Jan 2015 - May 2018
    Trimian built over 40,000 community networks, 150 of which had companion apps on iOS and Android. These networks powered regional interest groups, company networking groups and school alumni groups.
  • Infoanalytica, Inc.
    Advisor
    Infoanalytica, Inc. Jan 2015 - Jan 2017
    San Jose, Ca, Us
  • Yahoo!
    Vp & Gm, Yahoo Small Business
    Yahoo! Jul 2013 - Nov 2014
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    P&L responsibility for Yahoo Small Business - a $50mil EBITDA line - helping people, worldwide, start, build and grow their businesses. Responsible for execution and leadership across product, engineering, marketing, business development, account management, sales and support.The product portfolio includes Domains, Websites, Ecommerce, Local Listings, Cross-channel Marketing Apps (Advertising on Autopilot), App Platform for SMB products and services (Commerce Central)Within one years of taking reins, kicked off, built and launched the first major product introduction in 10 years, and achieved the first quarter/quarter revenue growth in 6 years.
  • 500 Startups
    Mentor
    500 Startups Oct 2010 - Oct 2014
    San Francisco, California, Us
  • Lexity (Acquired By Yahoo!)
    Founder & Ceo
    Lexity (Acquired By Yahoo!) Aug 2009 - Jul 2013
    Mountain View, California, Us
    Lexity is the one-stop-shop of Ecommerce services for SMBs.Lexity Commerce Central is the PaaS cloud platform for Ecommerce, and comes with its own App Store that makes it easy for online retailers to add apps that range from Analytics to Pinterest management, with a single click.Commerce Central supports millions of merchants hosted on all commerce platforms including Magento, Etsy, Ebay, Yahoo!, BigCommerce and Shopify. Launched in January 2013 with apps for Desk.com (Salesforce.com), Optimizely, Olark and many others, the platform now provide merchants access to Pinterest, Google Ads, Amazon Ads, Facebook, Twitter, theFind, Constant Contact, MailChimp and hundreds more.Lexity has offices in Mountain View and Bangalore, with executives from Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Amazon and Intuit.
  • Dapper
    Vp, Product Management
    Dapper Sep 2008 - Jul 2009
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    (acquired by Yahoo)Conceived, articulated and re-architected engineering and product roadmaps, converting a technology centric core to a well-reasoned product strategy and a quarterly/yearly roadmap, now cornerstone to the company’s road to profitability.
  • Yahoo! Search
    Director, Product Management
    Yahoo! Search Nov 2007 - Sep 2008
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Conceived and directed Yahoo! Search’s Open strategy – including Yahoo! SearchMonkey, an industry-leading Search innovation. SearchMonkey transforms Search into a platform – bringing together publisher content and developer talent, to build demonstrably more productive search for end users.Conceived and directed Yahoo! Search’s Semantic Web strategy – a multi-pronged effort to kickstart the semantic web and leverage semantics in Web Search. Laid foundation for use of Semantics in Web Search by acquiring high-quality structured content from partners, and driving adoption of semantic web standards for the long tail.
  • Yahoo! Search
    Engineering Manager, Web Search
    Yahoo! Search Sep 2005 - Oct 2007
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Developed groundbreaking ideas, built productive teams, shipped multiple internal and external products.• Structured Web Search - New group to leverage structured information on the Web. Conceived project – devised strategy for building defensible capability around Structured content, secured funding, hired new team. Recognized as cornerstone to future direction for Web Search.• Publisher Products - New group to build products that interact with Webmasters and publishers. Formed group – evangelized ‘Webmaster Relations’, secured funding, hired new team. Products included Site Search, Search Builder, Site Explorer, Syndication Platform.• Metrics & Analysis - New group to measure, monitor and analyze Content system. Defined charter, built project plan, consolidated products, hired new team. Architected and delivered new products and productized old projects
  • Verity Inc
    Engineering Manager
    Verity Inc Dec 2002 - Sep 2005
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb
    • Business User Console for Verity Search - New simple but powerful tools for business users to create, monitor and configure Verity Search.• Collaborative Classifier (VCC) for Verity Search - Award-winning, visual collaborative Taxonomy management tool.
  • Inktomi
    Engineering Manager
    Inktomi Feb 2001 - Dec 2002
    Us
  • Fastforward Networks
    Software Engineer
    Fastforward Networks Jul 2000 - Feb 2001

Amit Kumar Skills

Product Management E Commerce Start Ups Scalability Analytics Strategy Entrepreneurship Cloud Computing Big Data Software Development Search Mobile Applications Hadoop Distributed Systems Enterprise Software Saas Mobile Devices Cross Functional Team Leadership Online Marketing Amazon Web Services Mapreduce Software Engineering Team Building Machine Learning Smb Web Search Engineering Management Internet Entrepreneur Ruby On Rails Alumni Relations

Amit Kumar Education Details

  • Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi
    Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi
    Computer Science
  • University Of Southern California
    University Of Southern California
    Computer Science

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Amit Kumar attended Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi, University Of Southern California.

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Amit Kumar has skills like Product Management, E Commerce, Start Ups, Scalability, Analytics, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Software Development, Search, Mobile Applications.

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