# Manas Agrawal

> Manas Agrawal is the Bengaluru-based co-founder and founding CEO of Affine, co-founder of Origamis AI and Chief Business Officer, Data and AI at NuSummit. His career spans analytics consulting, enterprise products and AI adoption, with interests ranging from manufacturing to gaming.

- **Role:** Chief Business Officer, Data and AI at NuSummit
- **Organizations:** NuSummit, Origamis AI, Affine, Mu Sigma, Dell, IBM
- **Education:** B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Postgraduate management programme, Indian School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Affine and led it as founding CEO., Co-founded Origamis AI, which announced $500,000 in seed funding in February 2025., Appointed Chief Business Officer, Data and AI at NuSummit.

## Career timeline

- **2001-2004** — Software engineer at IBM Consulting, according to his Crunchbase career record.
- **2006-2007** — Worked at Dell.
- **2008-2011** — Manager at Mu Sigma.
- **2011** — Co-founded Affine with Vineet Kumar and Abhishek Anand; served as founding CEO.
- **2013** — Affine reported 40 employees and eight customers, five in the Fortune 500.
- **2019** — Affine announced a Singapore office.
- **2021** — Affine introduced DeepCamp and announced a Hyderabad office.
- **2022** — Affine established a manufacturing excellence lab in Jamshedpur; Agrawal participated in the Fisher Center-Affine gaming summit.
- **2024** — Co-founded Origamis AI with Ankit Agarwal and Alexander George Kadankavil. Inc42 dates its founding to October; other career listings give an August role start.
- **2025** — Origamis AI announced a $500,000 seed round in February and its integration into NuSummit in October; Agrawal joined NuSummit leadership.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Affine and led it as founding CEO.
- Co-founded Origamis AI, which announced $500,000 in seed funding in February 2025.
- Appointed Chief Business Officer, Data and AI at NuSummit.
- Listed on the advisory board for the IIT Ropar postgraduate certificate programme in AI and deep learning.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Origamis AI announced a $500,000 seed round backed by Vikas Gautam and Naveen Agarwal.
- **2025-10** — NuSummit announced Origamis AI as its AI platform brand and welcomed Agrawal into leadership; its appointment post identifies him as Chief Business Officer, Data and AI.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manasaileader/

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Last updated: 2026-10-27