# Dipanwita Das

> Dipanwita Das is the Washington, DC-based CEO and co-founder of Sorcero, an AI platform for life-sciences teams. Her route to enterprise AI ran through public policy, scientific communication, a digital transformation agency, and roughly 300 customer interviews before Sorcero began building. She has helped steer the company from its 2018 launch to a $42.5 million Series B in 2025, while arguing for medically tuned, traceable systems that strengthen expert judgment.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Sorcero
- **Organizations:** Sorcero, 42 Strategies, Atlas Corps, ecoAmerica, Edmund Hillary Fellowship
- **Education:** B.A. in History, St. Stephen's College, Delhi, M.A. in Globalisation, Business and Development, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Sorcero in 2018 and led it through a $42.5 million Series B announced in 2025., Helped author five patented advances in biomedical AI and large language models, according to her public speaker and author biographies., Designed Atlas Corps' Global Leadership Lab, training leaders from more than 60 countries.

## Career timeline

- **2012-2014** — Served as an Atlas Corps Fellow and Training Manager; later joined the organization's board.
- **2014-2018** — Founded and led digital transformation agency 42 Strategies.
- **2018** — Co-founded Sorcero with Walter Bender and Richard Graves and became CEO.
- **2021** — Sorcero announced a $10 million Series A; Das was listed as an inventor on a patent for cross-context natural language model generation.
- **2023** — Joined the ecoAmerica board of directors.
- **2024** — Appeared on Fund/Build/Scale to discuss Sorcero's research-to-product journey and 300-person customer discovery process.
- **2025** — Sorcero raised a $42.5 million Series B led by NewSpring Growth, bringing announced total capital raised to $59 million.
- **2026** — Named to the 2026 100 Women in AI list produced by Flybridge and XFactor Ventures.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Sorcero in 2018 and led it through a $42.5 million Series B announced in 2025.
- Helped author five patented advances in biomedical AI and large language models, according to her public speaker and author biographies.
- Designed Atlas Corps' Global Leadership Lab, training leaders from more than 60 countries.
- Named to Washington Life's 2020 Tech 25 list.
- Named to the 2026 100 Women in AI list.
- Completed Y Combinator's Female Founders program and participated in Plug and Play and MindShare programs.
- Led Sorcero as the company ranked No. 684 on the 2025 Inc. 5000.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Named to the 2026 100 Women in AI list produced by Flybridge and XFactor Ventures.
- **2025-11** — Sorcero announced a $42.5 million Series B led by NewSpring Growth, bringing announced total funding to $59 million.
- **2025-11** — Published an essay arguing for medical-led commercialization and AI systems built around trusted evidence.
- **2025-08** — Sorcero ranked No. 684 in its first appearance on the Inc. 5000.
- **2024-06** — Discussed Sorcero's customer discovery, R&D and hiring methods on the Fund/Build/Scale podcast.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sorcero.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dipanwitadas
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dipanwita_d

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Last updated: 2026-08-27