# Amrit Saxena

> Amrit Saxena is the San Francisco-based founder and CEO of SaxeCap, an AI transformation and investment holding company. A Stanford-trained computer scientist and engineer, he founded Fancy That, sold to Palantir in 2015, and co-founded Stella, sold to Cornell Capital and Trilantic in 2021. His public work focuses on applying AI and automation inside established businesses, alongside angel investing and advisory roles.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at SaxeCap
- **Organizations:** SaxeCap, Fancy That, Stella.ai, Palantir Technologies, Bain & Company, PX3 Partners, Principia Growth, BLK SHP
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science, concentration in Artificial Intelligence, with distinction, Stanford University, MS, Management Science & Engineering, concentration in Operations Research, with distinction, Stanford University, MBA (listed in current PX3 biography), Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Founded Fancy That, acquired by Palantir in 2015., Co-founded Stella and led technology and product work; public biographies credit it with more than 150 enterprise clients, including 10% of the Fortune 500., Stella was sold to Cornell Capital and Trilantic in 2021.

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Recognized as a Coca-Cola Scholar.
- **2013** — Co-authored a Stanford CS229 project on image-based shoe recommendations.
- **2014** — Named on the Fluxy dynamic-pricing project in Stanford’s Software Faire program; presented shoe-recommendation work at the Bay Area Vision Meeting.
- **2015** — Fancy That was sold to Palantir; Stanford lists him as head course assistant for CS142 in winter 2015.
- **2019** — Already founder and CEO of SaxeCap; discussed his investment approach in an April KoreaTechDesk interview.
- **2021** — Stella sold to Cornell Capital and Trilantic Capital Partners.
- **2024** — Participated in a June 19 Lewis Manning executive briefing on enterprise AI adoption.
- **2025** — Featured in a Pluris interview on AI value creation in private equity.

## Achievements

- Founded Fancy That, acquired by Palantir in 2015.
- Co-founded Stella and led technology and product work; public biographies credit it with more than 150 enterprise clients, including 10% of the Fortune 500.
- Stella was sold to Cornell Capital and Trilantic in 2021.
- Earned Stanford undergraduate and engineering master’s degrees with distinction.
- Named a 2011 Coca-Cola Scholar.
- SaxeCap currently reports partnerships with more than 70 PE firms and 200 companies, and a suite of more than 50 proprietary software products.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Pluris published The New AI Playbook for Private Equity on May 7.
- **2025-07** — Pluris published an article about his two-month AI transformation approach on July 15.
- **2025-11** — Proof of Work published a 32-minute episode featuring Saxena on November 20.

## Links

- Website: https://saxecap.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amrit-saxena-33432035/

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