# Karthik Bettadapura

> Karthik Bettadapura is the co-founder and CEO of DataWeave, an AI-powered SaaS platform that delivers competitive intelligence to retailers and consumer brands. Founded in 2011 in Bengaluru with co-founder Vikranth Ramanolla, DataWeave aggregates and analyzes billions of unstructured data points across the web - tracking prices, assortment, and digital-shelf performance for enterprise clients. Karthik leads product vision and business development, and drove the company's pivot from India to the US market. An IIIT-Bangalore engineer who earlier helped build CNBC's Web18, he now runs DataWeave from the Austin, Texas area.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at DataWeave
- **Organizations:** DataWeave, Web18 (formerly), Forbes Technology Council
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** MTech (research in Information Retrieval, Advanced Databases, Distributed Systems), IIIT-Bangalore
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled DataWeave into an AI-powered competitive intelligence SaaS platform serving global retailers and consumer brands, Built a platform that processes data on roughly 120 million products daily, Led DataWeave's successful pivot and expansion from India to the US market

## Career timeline

- **Pre-2011** — Part of the team that built CNBC's online property, Web18
- **2011** — Co-founded DataWeave in Bengaluru with Vikranth Ramanolla
- **2011-2016** — Built research and product engineering in Bangalore, focused on the Indian market
- **~2016 onward** — Led DataWeave's expansion into the US market after growth plateaued in India
- **Present** — Runs DataWeave from the Austin, Texas area, leading product vision and business development

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled DataWeave into an AI-powered competitive intelligence SaaS platform serving global retailers and consumer brands
- Built a platform that processes data on roughly 120 million products daily
- Led DataWeave's successful pivot and expansion from India to the US market
- Member of the Forbes Technology Council
- Client roster including brands such as Adidas, Dorel, and Timex

## Latest updates

- **2025** — Continues to lead DataWeave from the Austin, Texas area; publishes thought leadership on AI shopping and product data quality.

## Links

- Website: https://dataweave.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brkarthik
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dataweavein
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DataWeave/

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Last updated: 2026-07-16