Hitesh Shivkumar

Initiator
DISC Type : Di

Co-Founder at BlankSage

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Overview

Hitesh is the Co-Founder of BlankSage and a final-year Computer Science undergraduate at VIT Vellore. He has a strong background in AI and software engineering, with high-impact internships at PayPal, where he designed multi-agent architectures for SRE, and at Jio, where he optimized speech-to-text models. People who have worked with him describe him as "exceptionally talented" and "one of the best interns".

Beyond his entrepreneurial and corporate work, Hitesh has a deep interest in the academic applications of AI. He has co-authored publications on diverse topics, including the use of AI to enhance E-Sports spectating and theoretical modifications to Conways Game of Life to simulate population dynamics, showcasing a unique blend of practical and research-oriented passions.

Unique fact: Hitesh trained a 135M-parameter Large Language Model for medical dialogue and integrated it into a multimodal pipeline for edge deployment.

Personality Overview

Impact-Oriented

Confident

Risk-Accepting

They usually prefer to drive the conversation.  They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something. They measure a product on its merit but can be influenced by strong testimonials.

Topics They Care About

AI for Education
As Co-founder of BlankSage, he is focused on building tools for educators, stating they are "removing what gets in the way" of teaching.
Agentic AI Systems
Designed and deployed multi-agent architectures and NLP-to-SQL agentic workflows during his software engineering internship at PayPal.
Efficient ML Models
His work at Jio and MedAI Technologies focused on creating high-performance models with significantly faster inference and reduced latency.

Media Appearances

Hitesh has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2026
Co-Founder at BlankSage
11-2025
Chief Technology Officer at AgnetLabs
9-2025 - 10-2025
Software Engineer Intern at Featurely AI
6-2025 - 8-2025
Software Engineer Intern at PayPal
9-2024 - 2-2025
Machine Learning Engineer at MedAI Technologies

Education

9-2022 - 8-2026
Bachelor of Technology - BTech from Vellore Institute of Technology

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Exp : 1 Location : Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-Founder at BlankSage
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Insights For Selling To Hitesh

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Keep your pitch focused on the impact but insert some anecdotes into it
  • Look like someone who is on top of their game
  • Clearly address the competitive aspects

DONT's

  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Don’t be very informal even if they are being so themselves
  • Don't be unorganized, be prepared for the pitch

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Hitesh is

  • Belief in the value of the product, relationship and a sense of accomplishment matter the most.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Hitesh

  • They are not shy of saying no if they do not develop trust in your product.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Hitesh move?

  • If they develop confidence in your product and you, then they can make fast decisions.
  • Can Hitesh take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they have the ability to take risky decisions.

You And Hitesh

Personality Compatibility


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