# Anant Singh

> Anant Singh is Chief Sales Officer and a founding member of Sanas, the Palo Alto speech-AI company. A veteran of contact-center work, Akamai Technologies and Observe.AI, he has helped turn a contested idea - real-time accent translation - into an enterprise business centered on clearer conversations, cultural identity and the dignity of frontline agents.

- **Role:** Chief Sales Officer and Founding Member at Sanas
- **Organizations:** Sanas, Observe.AI, Akamai Technologies, UNICEF, HelpAge India
- **Known for:** Helped shape sales at both Observe.AI and Sanas, according to Sanas co-founder Sharath Keshava Narayana., Played a pivotal role in Sanas growing from $0 to $12 million in annual recurring revenue across five quarters., Helped take Sanas's real-time speech products to global enterprise customers as adoption surpassed 750,000 users in 2025.

## Career timeline

- **Before Sanas** — Built experience in international business development and revenue growth at Akamai Technologies and Observe.AI.
- **2016** — Received Akamai Technologies' MAE Hunter of the Year honor.
- **2018** — Received Akamai Technologies' Titans Club team-of-the-year honor.
- **2020s** — Joined Sanas as a founding go-to-market leader and went on to lead global sales.
- **2024** — Was credited by Sanas co-founder Sharath Keshava Narayana with playing a pivotal role in growing the company from $0 to $12 million ARR over five quarters.
- **2025** — As Sanas expanded beyond accent translation into a unified speech-AI platform, product adoption surpassed 750,000 users globally.
- **2026** — Serves as Chief Sales Officer and Founding Member as Sanas ranked No. 8 on the Inc. 5000.

## Achievements

- Helped shape sales at both Observe.AI and Sanas, according to Sanas co-founder Sharath Keshava Narayana.
- Played a pivotal role in Sanas growing from $0 to $12 million in annual recurring revenue across five quarters.
- Helped take Sanas's real-time speech products to global enterprise customers as adoption surpassed 750,000 users in 2025.
- Represented Sanas in industry discussions on accent translation, language translation, noise cancellation and the future of contact-center work.
- Earned Akamai Technologies sales honors including MAE Hunter of the Year and a Titans Club team award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Celebrated Sanas ranking No. 8 overall, No. 1 in AI and Data, and No. 1 in California on the 2026 Inc. 5000.
- **2026-08** — Continues as Chief Sales Officer and Founding Member as Sanas expands its speech-AI platform and enterprise language-translation rollout.
- **2026-02** — Sanas reported ending its 2025 fiscal year above $50 million ARR with its core business profitable.
- **2025-06** — Discussed Sanas's simultaneous language translation and omni-directional noise cancellation at Customer Contact Week in Las Vegas.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sanas.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anantsingh85/

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Last updated: 2026-09-26