Vinayak Shrivastav is the co-founder and CEO of Toch.ai, a first-of-its-kind video-tech platform that uses cloud-agnostic and deep learning algorithms for the automatic interpretation of content featured in videos. He, along with his partners Saket Dandotia, and Alok Patil identified a need for automation in the video content category, giving way to the inception of Toch.ai.

In his current role, Vinayak spearheads the strategic goals of the company to create a profitable future roadmap. He has built the sales and marketing strategy from scratch and under his leadership, the company has witnessed a significant growth of over 200% year on year.

He is passionate about his works and strives to keep innovating, remain customer-focused, and be a leading video-tech platform not just in India but also across the globe. In the coming future, he aims to venture into the international market by establishing Toch.ai in US, UK, EU, and South East Asia.

Armed with a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University, and an MBA from London Business School , Vinayak has achieved several milestones throughout his prolific career. Having been a former VC, Vinayak has worked with a few start-ups who were in their growth stage and has successfully exited those early-stage start-ups.

An avid reader, he enjoys playing the guitar and tennis when he is not working. Currently residing in Mumbai with his family, he follows the motto of ‘everyone has stories to tell’ – stories that will not only engage, inform, surprise, delight, and impact their audience, but will also deliver on measurable business goals.