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Akshay Sharma

Akshay Sharma

CEO & Co‑founder — AI video agents, digital avatars, and GTM for synthetic media

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Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Joined October 2025
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Summary

Founder‑operator focused on AI video and synthetic media: Akshay co‑founded Personate.ai in 2021 to productize AI avatars and AI anchors for broadcasters, government and enterprises; he runs GTM and commercialization, and has guided the company on ethics and moderation for synthetic media. yourstory+1
Product & GTM experience across HRtech and media: Prior to Personate, Akshay co‑founded SCIKEY (talent/MindMatch platform) and led marketing/GTM; he writes about AI use‑cases for news and content companies and positions product value for enterprise buyers. yourstory+1
Cross‑border community & education involvement: Akshay has worked across India and Finland (SCIKEY operations in Finland, Xes Helsinki involvement and a Helsinki thesis project), showing engagement with tech education and Indo‑Finnish cultural/industry links. yourstory+1

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Writing

AI can help news agencies and content companies reduce production costs by very high margins.

September 1, 2024

Medium essay describing use cases for AI in newsrooms, multilingual video translation/AI anchors and product ideas for content companies (overview of Personate use cases).

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7 ways companies can engage with their employees working from home

May 1, 2020

Byline on ETHRWorld / The Economic Times platform offering practical guidance on remote-work practices; reflects experience in talent and people-centric solutions.

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Hobbies

Writes and speaks about AI, GTM and startup growth; active on social channels (Medium, X) and community forums. medium+1