Siddharth Mall

You absolutely need to hear about Siddharth Mall. This guy’s the real deal in the startup world. He kicked things off after graduating from IIT in 2013, jumping straight into Flipkart as a product manager. That’s where he learned how to build stuff at scale, working on things that millions use every day. Before that, he did stints at Grant Thornton India and PepsiCo, basically soaking up business and tech chops from big names, you know?

But what really sets him apart is his move to co-found Playment, a full-stack AI data labeling startup. Think of it like Mechanical Turk but for hardcore enterprise clients, autonomous vehicles, drones, mapping, all that next-gen tech. He led Playment to grow a solid team of 50 in Bengaluru and made it a leader in high-precision annotation services. They crushed it so much they got acquired by TELUS Digital in 2021, no small feat.

Now, he’s VP of Product at TELUS Digital, where he’s steering the ship on some pretty killer tech-driven projects. Basically, Siddharth jumped into the deep end, built something that mattered, and then kept climbing. His process screams one thing: he’s all about building the future, not just talking about it. He’s motivated by creating real tech that changes how we live and work. That’s why he’s so important, he’s not just riding the wave, he’s shaping it.