# Shubham Mishra

> Shubham Mishra is the co-founder and Global CEO of Pixis, a Burlingame, California company building codeless AI infrastructure that lets marketers deploy AI models without writing code. He dropped out of BITS Pilani to build a virtual reality headset with the startup Absentia, then pivoted into AI-driven marketing and grew Pixis from an early bet on AI to roughly $85M in ARR, raising $209M across its funding rounds. His pitch is consistent: strip the friction out of AI so any team can use it in minutes, not months.

- **Role:** Co-founder & Global CEO at Pixis
- **Organizations:** Pixis, Absentia Virtual Reality, Forbes Technology Council
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Engineering (did not complete - left in third year to build Absentia), Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS Pilani), Goa Campus
- **Known for:** Grew Pixis to roughly $85M in annual recurring revenue., Raised $209M in total funding across Pixis's rounds, including an $85M Series C-II., Led development of 200+ proprietary AI models for growth marketing.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Co-founded Absentia Virtual Reality with fellow BITS Pilani Goa students, building the Tesseract VR headset.
- **2016** — Absentia raised roughly $1.2M in pre-Series A funding from Exfinity and others.
- **2018** — Co-founded Pixis and became Global CEO, focused on codeless AI infrastructure for marketing.
- **2019** — Went all-in on AI, reorienting the company around proprietary AI models for performance marketing.
- **2021** — Pixis raised $17M to democratize codeless AI in marketing as a SaaS offering.
- **2023** — Closed an $85M Series C-II round, bringing total funding to $209M.
- **2024** — Discussed scaling ARR from $3M to $85M on The Product Market Fit Show.

## Achievements

- Grew Pixis to roughly $85M in annual recurring revenue.
- Raised $209M in total funding across Pixis's rounds, including an $85M Series C-II.
- Led development of 200+ proprietary AI models for growth marketing.
- Co-founded and built the Tesseract VR headset at Absentia as a college-age founder.
- Named to the Forbes Technology Council.
- Expanded Pixis across Europe, Australia, and the Middle East.

## Latest updates

- **2024-07** — Appeared on The Product Market Fit Show detailing Pixis's path from $3M to $85M ARR.
- **2023-09** — Pixis closed an $85M Series C-II round, bringing total funding to $209M.

## Links

- Website: https://pixis.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shubham015
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg4zmM-rvns

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