Aditya Pappula
AI Product Leader | IIT Kharagpur | HKUST
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Gurugram, India
Joined August 2026
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AI-focused product leader with multi-stage product experience: Aditya has held senior product roles emphasizing AI and machine-learning enabled products, progressing from AI Product Manager roles to senior AI product leadership across startups and larger consumer platforms. adityapappula
Built and scaled consumer and fintech products across markets: his experience includes product leadership in global transactions, fintech and autos at OLX Group, consumer/mobile product management at MPL, and product strategy at major publications and platforms. adityapappula
Founder and early-stage product builder working on parental-wellness products: he founded Snugglebug, developed UI templates, and documented his founder learnings through FRWRDx, reflecting hands-on solo-founder product work. frwrdx+1
Strong technical and academic foundation with business training: educated at IIT Kharagpur (B.Tech), holds an MBA from HKUST (with London Business School exchange noted), and pursued machine-learning and professional AI coursework including an MIT professional credential. almaconnect+2
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Writing
Why I Decided to Build Alone & How I Mapped the Gaps I Would Have to Fill
June 1, 2026First-person account of building Snugglebug as a solo founder, lessons from the FRWRDx IDEA Program, and gaps mapped to move from idea to product.
First-Time Founder (FRWRDx blog contributions)
Tagged collection of thought leadership and first-time founder pieces contributed to FRWRDx's blog.
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Plays tennis. about
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