Founder of @Elance (now @Upwork) and @Gupshup. MIT Media Lab, IIT Bombay. Serial entrepreneur, investor, and all things innovative.

San Francisco, CA
Joined March 2009
Very insightful. Worth reading.
The US and China are racing toward artificial general intelligence. India is watching from the stands. I wrote India2035 - a scenario piece on this. Two futures for India as the US-China AI race plays out.
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Proud to Host MTW 2025, Asia’s Largest & Most Influential AI Event, not just to attend but host as a member of @TEAM. Attendees include global tech titans, Govt and policy leaders, founders, industry giants, creators & Bollywood A-listers. #MTW2025 #MumbAI #india #founders
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Fabulous speakers, the offline zones, hiring chats, live acts, food all make MTW epic. Tickets are running out. Head tohttps://2ly.link/23YeC to buy yours #MTW2025 #MumbAI #india #founders
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Enjoyed sharing my rollercoaster entrepreneurial journey with @avinashraghava of Saasbomi for this article below.
- a JEE topper - a Medalist from IIT - an MIT alumni WOW! A person holding such credentials is expected to make it big with a #startup hustle too, right? Wrong! #TheGritStories feat. @beerud Sheth of @gupshup will tell you why >> thegritstories.com/captain-c… 📷 Curated by @saasboomi
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Humbled and honored to receive this award from my alma mater. IITB has been critical to my endeavors at every stage of my entrepreneurial journey. Though individual award, life is a team sport: blessed to have great friends on "my team", and of course, my "co-founder" Nipa Sheth.
DAA 2023: Winners announced! Heartiest congratulations to the recipients! The 'Distinguished Alumnus Award' honours the outstanding achievements and contributions of our alumni. The winners will be conferred during the Institute's Foundation Day on March 10, 2023.
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Looking forward to my #masterclass at #TheD2CSummit by @Inc42 Join me as I discuss conversational commerce, customer engagement & more! RSVP: ctt.ec/XN59Z+
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Beerud Sheth retweeted
#StartUpCentral | @gupshup, a unicorn backed by #TigerGlobal, has entered a new vertical of F&B. It is onboarding restaurants & dhabas so customers can use Gupshup’s conversational messaging to place food orders. Game on @swiggy_in, @zomato & @DotPe_India? @beerud @NayantaraRai
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Really enjoyed doing this podcast with @TheSwamy Insightful questions about how to tough it out during an entrepreneurial journey. Managing Growth and Profitability, Measuring Success primevp.in/content/podcast/m…
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Beerud Sheth retweeted
1/6) India is on fire. 7 people will die/min unless we set up hospital beds+oxygen. Sending concentrators is not sufficient. Hospital beds need that and more! So, #PoojaMalik, #NeerajGarg and I decided to set up onemorebreath.org. I will donate $20/re-tweet upto $100K
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forbesindia.com/article/take… Interesting article about my rollercoaster entrepreneurial journey across 2 unicorns that vividly shows the agony and the ecstasy that many entrepreneurs will relate to. Also shares the thought process that helped me stay calm in the chaos and carry on.
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I'm excited to announce the latest $100m funding round for @gupshup. This gets us the resources to accelerate our vision of conversational messaging. Looking forward to driving increased innovation and bring new services to businesses globally.
Gupshup raises $100 Million from Tiger Global to accelerate conversational messaging. Read more: bit.ly/3s0kZ6L #Gupshup #ConversationalMessaging #TigerGlobalManagement #IPMessaging #Chatbots
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We’ve been waiting to share this 😎🥳😇 We published 100+ episodes this week & we’re incredibly thankful for the support we’ve got from all our guests and listeners🙌 RT to help us celebrate 🤩 #100Episodes100xEntrepreneur
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Enjoyed this thoughtful podcast discussion with Andrew (@RunnymedeCap) about entrepreneurship, money and social prosperity.
.@Beerud Sheth CEO of Gupshup and founder of Elance (now Upwork) talks about building businesses, money, and the positive power of entrepreneurship.  inspiredmoney.fm/172
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Enjoyed doing this podcast interview on my entrepreneurial journey. Both my startup journeys took a long time and required a ton of grit, but turned out well eventually. 100xentrepreneur.com/podcast…
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Quick 2 minute video interview with Fortune on AI chatbots... fortune.com/videos/watch/AI-…
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RIP Tony Hsieh. You truly delivered happiness on a massive scale. Your ideas will live on.
Tony Hsieh, former CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com who spent years working to transform the city's downtown area, has died at 46. “The world has lost a tremendous visionary and an incredible human being,” Zappos said. apne.ws/REKYniy
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