# Bharat Singh Shekhawat

> Bharat Singh Shekhawat is a co-founder and Head of Engineering at Entropik, the Bengaluru-based human insights company he helped start in 2016. He builds the systems that turn signals from faces, voices, and eye movement into measurable read-outs of how people feel and decide, and has spent more than fifteen years designing data-intensive platforms and turning research ideas into shipping products.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Entropik
- **Organizations:** Entropik, Redcastle, Bigpaa, Aloha Technology
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Rajasthan, Advanced technical training, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Entropik in 2016 and built its engineering organization from the ground up, Led architecture for a multimodal platform combining facial expression, voice, gaze and attention signals, Helped grow Entropik to 150+ enterprise customers across five continents

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked as a software engineer at Aloha Technology, building data systems
- **Pre-2016** — Founded Bigpaa and served as Vice President of Technology at Redcastle
- **2016** — Co-founded Entropik in Bengaluru and became Head of Engineering
- **2018** — Entropik shipped Affect Lab, its first multimodal Emotion AI platform
- **2021-2022** — Added voice AI to Entropik's multimodal stack
- **2023** — Entropik raised a $25.5M Series B; team reported 7x growth over 18 months
- **2024** — Entropik launched the Qatalyst UX research platform and Mira AI Moderator

## Achievements

- Co-founded Entropik in 2016 and built its engineering organization from the ground up
- Led architecture for a multimodal platform combining facial expression, voice, gaze and attention signals
- Helped grow Entropik to 150+ enterprise customers across five continents
- Contributed to a portfolio of 17 global patent claims in Emotion AI
- Oversaw platforms that have tested more than 45,000 user experiences

## Latest updates

- **2024** — Entropik expanded its product line with the Qatalyst UX research platform and the Mira AI Moderator, which reached #5 Product of the Day on Product Hunt.
- **2023-03** — Entropik closed a $25.5M Series B round to scale its Emotion AI platform internationally.

## Links

- Website: https://www.entropik.io
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/bharatshekhawat

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Last updated: 2026-07-31