# Karan Chaudhry

> Karan Chaudhry is the co-founder and CEO of Sprouts.ai, an enterprise revenue-agent and go-to-market intelligence company. A Stanford MBA and MS graduate, he previously co-founded DropThought and Comnplus, held leadership roles at The Viral Fever and Disney+ Hotstar, and mentored entrepreneurs at StartX. His public interviews cover customer understanding, startup execution, team culture, and lessons from hiring and outsourcing.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Sprouts.ai
- **Organizations:** Sprouts.ai, DropThought, Comnplus, The Viral Fever, Disney+ Hotstar, StartX, Applied Materials, PepsiCo, Sequoia Capital, Pavilion
- **Education:** MBA and MS, Stanford University, BS, Computer Science, University of Delhi
- **Known for:** Co-founded Sprouts.ai, which announced $14 million in cumulative funding in May 2026., Co-founded Comnplus, acquired by TVFPlay within six months according to his Enterprise Radio interview., Co-founded DropThought, later described as acquired in his Enterprise Radio biography.

## Career timeline

- **2004-2007** — Worked as a manager at PepsiCo; his speaker biography describes sales and marketing leadership in India.
- **2009-2010** — Interned at Sequoia Capital, according to his Crunchbase profile.
- **2010-2012** — Worked in corporate development at Applied Materials.
- **2015** — Was co-founder and CEO of DropThought, an instant-feedback and text-analytics company; discussed the business in an NPR interview.
- **2016** — Co-founded Comnplus, focused on machine-learning personalization and content recommendations; a contemporary Enterprise Radio interview describes its acquisition by TVFPlay within six months.
- **2019** — Interviewed as president and COO of The Viral Fever about regional programming, advertising and audience growth.
- **—** — Subsequently served as an EVP at Disney+ Hotstar.
- **2023** — Founded Sprouts.ai with Kapil Chaudhry and Avinash Nagla, according to the May 2026 funding announcement.
- **2024** — Hosted Scott Sambucci for a discussion about founder-led sales and repeatable sales processes, published August 30.
- **2026** — Sprouts.ai announced a $9 million pre-Series A round co-led by True Global Ventures and Accel on May 15, bringing disclosed total funding to $14 million.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Sprouts.ai, which announced $14 million in cumulative funding in May 2026.
- Co-founded Comnplus, acquired by TVFPlay within six months according to his Enterprise Radio interview.
- Co-founded DropThought, later described as acquired in his Enterprise Radio biography.
- Served as a mentor/advisor at StartX.
- Published business writing in Entrepreneur and other entrepreneurship publications.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Sprouts.ai announced a $9 million pre-Series A co-led by True Global Ventures and Accel, taking disclosed total funding to $14 million.
- **2026-07** — A July 17 report documented Kickstart Ventures’ participation in the same pre-Series A round.

## Links

- Website: https://sprouts.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanchaudhry
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/karan_chaudhry

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Last updated: 2026-10-23