# Sanidhya Narain

> Sanidhya Narain is the CEO and Co-Founder of Dashverse, the parent company behind Dashtoon, DashReels, and Frameo.AI - a portfolio of AI-native entertainment platforms reaching 20+ million users worldwide. A chemical engineer turned content entrepreneur, Narain spent nearly four years at Pocket FM building its global content engine to $120M in revenue before pivoting to his conviction that generative AI would do for storytelling what the camera phone did for photography. Dashverse raised a $13M Series A led by Peak XV Partners in August 2025 and, by early 2026, had inked a multi-year deal with Harlequin to co-produce animated microdramas using its Frameo.AI studio.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Dashverse
- **Organizations:** Dashverse, Dashtoon, DashReels, Frameo.AI
- **From:** Jhansi, India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** BTech, Chemical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), MBA, Marketing and Strategy, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi
- **Known for:** Co-founded Dashtoon, reducing comic episode creation time from 40-50 hours to 5-6 hours using AI, Led content and operations at Pocket FM from founding to $120M annual revenue, Grew Dashverse's combined platforms to 20+ million users worldwide

## Career timeline

- **2012-2014** — Aviation Officer at Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
- **2016-2018** — Assistant Branch Manager at ITC Limited
- **2018-2019** — Regional Channel Manager at Shell
- **2019-2022** — Founding Member and Head of Content & Operations at Pocket FM; helped grow revenue to $120M
- **2022** — Co-founded Dashtoon (December 2022), AI-powered digital comics platform
- **2023** — Founded Dashverse as parent company; raised $5M seed round led by Matrix Partners India and Stellaris
- **2025-08** — Dashverse raises $13M Series A led by Peak XV Partners
- **2026-03** — Signed multi-year deal with Harlequin to co-produce 40 animated microdramas using Frameo.AI

## Achievements

- Co-founded Dashtoon, reducing comic episode creation time from 40-50 hours to 5-6 hours using AI
- Led content and operations at Pocket FM from founding to $120M annual revenue
- Grew Dashverse's combined platforms to 20+ million users worldwide
- Launched DashReels with 5M+ downloads within first month
- Secured $13M Series A from Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India)
- Partnered with Harlequin to produce 40 animated microdramas using Frameo.AI
- President of MarkSoc (marketing society) at FMS Delhi during MBA

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Dashverse and Harlequin announced a multi-year deal to co-produce 40 animated microdramas; first title 'A Fairy-Tail Ending' launched April 2026
- **2025-08** — Dashverse closed $13M Series A led by Peak XV Partners with participation from Z47 and Stellaris Venture Partners
- **2025-08** — Narain appeared on 'Inside Vertical Short Dramas' podcast, discussing AI-powered storytelling after a trip to China
- **2026-01** — Commented on Union Budget 2026 expectations, advocating for simpler GST/TDS frameworks for digital content creators

## Links

- Website: https://dashverse.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanidhyanarain/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sanidhya_n
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanidhya.narain/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sanidhya.narain/

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Last updated: 2026-05-23