# Gadi Shamia

> Gadi Shamia is the CEO and co-founder of Replicant, a voice AI platform that automates customer service calls at enterprise scale. A serial entrepreneur who sold his first company (TopManage) to SAP, helped EchoSign sell to Adobe for $400M, and scaled Talkdesk from seed to unicorn as COO, he brings two decades of building and scaling B2B software companies to the challenge of replacing traditional IVR systems with natural-sounding, AI-driven conversations. Under his leadership, Replicant has automated over 1 billion minutes of customer interactions and raised $113M in funding.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Replicant
- **Organizations:** Replicant, Talkdesk, SAP, Adobe, EchoSign, ReachLocal, Algolia, Intacct, Storm Ventures, Magneto Inc.
- **From:** Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli-American
- **Education:** Instructor / Academic involvement, Tel Aviv University, MBA (summa cum laude), USC Marshall School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded TopManage, acquired by SAP in 2002; became SAP Business One, Helped facilitate EchoSign's $400M acquisition by Adobe in 2011, Scaled Talkdesk from seed stage to unicorn with 20X revenue and headcount growth as COO

## Career timeline

- **early 2000s** — Co-founded TopManage, an ERP software company for SMBs
- **2002** — SAP acquired TopManage; the product became SAP Business One, SAP's core SMB offering
- **2004-2008** — GM and SVP of Product at SAP Small Business Solutions Group
- **2011** — Helped grow and facilitate EchoSign's sale to Adobe for $400M
- **2012** — Served as COO at EchoSign/Adobe post-acquisition
- **2012-2014** — Co-founded and served as CEO of Magneto Inc. (MagnetoCal)
- **~2014** — General Manager at ReachLocal, led company through IPO
- **~2015** — Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Storm Ventures
- **2015-2018** — COO at Talkdesk; scaled company from seed to unicorn with 20X growth in people and revenue
- **2018** — Left Talkdesk; joined Algolia as Board Advisor
- **2018** — Published 'On Leaving Talkdesk' on Medium, reflecting on 3.5 years as COO
- **2018-2021** — Board Advisor at Algolia
- **December 2018** — Joined Replicant as CEO and Co-Founder; company announces $7M seed round
- **2022** — Replicant raises $78M Series B round (April 2022); total funding reaches $113M
- **2023** — Hosted Resolve 2023 conference; keynote conversation with OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap
- **2024** — Replicant surpasses 1 billion automated minutes of customer interactions; hosts Resolve 2024 keynote

## Achievements

- Co-founded TopManage, acquired by SAP in 2002; became SAP Business One
- Helped facilitate EchoSign's $400M acquisition by Adobe in 2011
- Scaled Talkdesk from seed stage to unicorn with 20X revenue and headcount growth as COO
- Led Replicant to $113M in total funding including $78M Series B
- Replicant has automated over 1 billion minutes of customer conversations
- Replicant has 200+ successful enterprise deployments and a 65 NPS
- Multiple patents in e-commerce, sponsored content, and virtual consignment
- Host of Dialed In podcast with guests including OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap
- Serves on boards of EchoSign, Intacct, Algolia, and Talkdesk

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Hosted Replicant's Resolve 2024 keynote event
- **2024-06** — Replicant surpasses 1 billion automated minutes of customer interactions
- **2022-04** — Led Replicant's $78M Series B funding round
- **2023-01** — Hosted Resolve 2023 with OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap as keynote guest

## Links

- Website: https://replicant.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gadis
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/gadishamia

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Last updated: 2026-05-26