# Puneet Mehta

> Puneet Mehta is the founder and CEO of Netomi, an enterprise AI company focused on customer experience. An engineer whose career includes IBM’s TJ Watson Center and Wall Street trading technology, he previously co-founded MyCityWay and MobileROI. His work connects real-time context, automated decisions, and business controls; Netomi joined Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 batch and announced $110 million in funding in April 2026.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Netomi
- **Organizations:** Netomi, msg.ai (former name of Netomi), MyCityWay, MobileROI, Citi, Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan Chase, Johnson Controls, IBM TJ Watson Center
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering, Punjab Engineering College (also known as PEC University of Technology)
- **Known for:** Co-founded MyCityWay, whose NYC Way application won three awards in New York’s inaugural BigApps competition., MyCityWay became the first investment of BMW i Ventures., Named to Advertising Age’s 2014 Creativity 50 with Sonpreet Bhatia.

## Career timeline

- **2000-2001** — Worked as a data scientist at IBM TJ Watson Center.
- **2001-2003** — Worked in technology and data integration architecture at Johnson Controls.
- **2003-2006** — Held an engineering vice president role at JPMorgan Chase.
- **2006-2008** — Held an engineering and data science vice president role at Merrill Lynch.
- **2008-2010** — Served as a senior vice president in engineering and data science at Citi.
- **2010** — Co-founded MyCityWay with Archana Patchirajan and Sonpreet Bhatia following their NYC Way app’s BigApps awards.
- **2011** — MyCityWay became BMW i Ventures’ first investment.
- **2013** — Co-founded MobileROI; published commentary on contextual mobile marketing.
- **2014** — Named to Advertising Age’s Creativity 50 alongside Sonpreet Bhatia.
- **2015** — Founded the company now called Netomi, originally msg.ai.
- **2016** — Participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 batch with msg.ai.
- **2018** — msg.ai changed its name to Netomi.
- **2021** — Netomi announced a $30 million Series B led by WndrCo.
- **2026** — Netomi announced $110 million in new funding and an Accenture partnership; Justin Wexler became president in October while Mehta remained founder and CEO.

## Achievements

- Co-founded MyCityWay, whose NYC Way application won three awards in New York’s inaugural BigApps competition.
- MyCityWay became the first investment of BMW i Ventures.
- Named to Advertising Age’s 2014 Creativity 50 with Sonpreet Bhatia.
- Recognized in Business Insider’s Silicon Alley 100 and 35 Up-And-Coming Entrepreneurs You Need To Meet.
- Founded Netomi and participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 batch.
- Led Netomi through its April 2026 announcement of $110 million in new funding.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Justin Wexler became Netomi president, working alongside founder and CEO Puneet Mehta; Ryan Boughan joined as senior vice president of growth as the company pursued AI-tailored digital experiences.
- **2026-04** — Netomi announced $110 million in new funding led by Accenture Ventures, with participation including Adobe Ventures and WndrCo; Accenture also announced a strategic partnership.
- **2026-01** — A January 8 technical case study documented Netomi’s use of governed orchestration, concurrent processing, and model-backed enterprise workflows.
- **2025-07** — In a July 29 interview, Mehta described how trading-system practices influence Netomi, including back-testing and circuit breakers.

## Links

- Website: https://www.netomi.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pumehta/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/puneetmehtanyc

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Last updated: 2026-10-22