# Ankit Saxena

> Ankit Saxena is the co-founder and CEO of Thena, a B2B customer support platform built around conversations in Slack, Teams and other channels. Previously CTO of LetsIntern and an APAC and global post-sales leader at Branch, he combines engineering experience with customer operations and commercial leadership.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Thena
- **Organizations:** Thena, Branch, LetsIntern
- **Education:** Visvesvaraya Technological University
- **Known for:** Served as CTO of LetsIntern, acquired by Aspiring Minds in 2015., Helped grow Branch’s APAC business from zero to more than $20 million, according to his Forbes Technology Council biography., Led global post-sales teams at Branch.

## Career timeline

- **2004-2008** — Attended Visvesvaraya Technological University; lists Entrepreneurship Cell participation.
- **2012** — Rish Gupta recalls Saxena joining LetsIntern as CTO; an early company recruitment listing names him as Tech Lead.
- **2015** — LetsIntern was acquired by Aspiring Minds; Gupta recalls introducing Saxena to Mike Molinet around the sale.
- **2017** — Led technical evangelism in India at Branch; appeared in a MakeMyTrip webinar and Bengaluru developer meetup.
- **2020** — Appeared as a Branch director on The V Show on May 3, discussing startup experiences.
- **2022** — Co-founded Thena in April; launch announcement in August disclosed $2.16 million in pre-seed funding.
- **2023** — Thena reported 50 customers using the product in Q1 and announced a $5 million seed round on May 24.
- **2025** — Listed to speak about Next.js architecture at Thena at the Next.js India Developer Association event on May 24.

## Achievements

- Served as CTO of LetsIntern, acquired by Aspiring Minds in 2015.
- Helped grow Branch’s APAC business from zero to more than $20 million, according to his Forbes Technology Council biography.
- Led global post-sales teams at Branch.
- Co-founded Thena, which reported approximately $7.2 million in funding following its May 2023 seed round.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — The Next.js India Developer Association agenda listed a May 24 talk by Saxena on scalable frontends at Thena.
- **2025-01** — His data-governance article is dated January 14 and describes transparency, data minimization and customer control over AI workflows.

## Links

- Website: http://www.ankitsaxena.me
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankitsaxena786/

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Last updated: 2026-10-16