# Prateek Gupta

> Prateek Gupta is a founding member and sales lead at Skit.ai, the New York-headquartered conversational AI company that began as Vernacular.ai. An IIT Roorkee graduate who joined the business in its founding year, he has spent a decade translating voice automation into enterprise value, with particular attention to early adopters, regulated collections, pricing discipline, and compliance.

- **Role:** Founding Member & Sales Lead at Skit.ai
- **Organizations:** Skit.ai, Vernacular.ai, Wooqer, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, National Service Scheme
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
- **Known for:** Founding team member of the company launched as Vernacular.ai and now known as Skit.ai., Built a decade-long go-to-market and enterprise sales career at Skit.ai as the company expanded from India to the United States., Won first prize at Srishti 2014 at IIT Roorkee with a team project for an automated vehicle using digital image processing and embedded sensors.

## Career timeline

- **2012-2016** — Studied at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
- **2014** — Helped build an automated vehicle using digital image processing, sensors and Arduino; the project won first prize at Srishti 2014, IIT Roorkee's annual techno-hobbies exhibition.
- **2015-2016** — Worked on a smart energy meter project designed for remote monitoring, theft detection and power cut-off.
- **2016** — Worked briefly as an Associate in Marketing & Strategy at Wooqer.
- **2016-present** — Joined the founding team of Vernacular.ai, now Skit.ai, and developed a career in go-to-market and enterprise sales.
- **2021** — Publicly marked Skit's $23 million Series B and the company's transition from the Vernacular.ai name.
- **2024** — As Director of Sales, discussed conversational AI market selection, value-based pricing and compliance in Skit.ai's SkiTalks interview series.
- **2026** — Skit.ai named him as one of its representatives at ARM Tech 2026 in Dallas.

## Achievements

- Founding team member of the company launched as Vernacular.ai and now known as Skit.ai.
- Built a decade-long go-to-market and enterprise sales career at Skit.ai as the company expanded from India to the United States.
- Won first prize at Srishti 2014 at IIT Roorkee with a team project for an automated vehicle using digital image processing and embedded sensors.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Skit.ai announced Gupta and Amy Stratz as company representatives at ARM Tech 2026 in Dallas.
- **2024-05** — Skit.ai published a detailed interview with Gupta about go-to-market strategy, pricing, regulation and compliance in conversational AI.

## Links

- Website: https://skit.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateekg16

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Last updated: 2026-09-27