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Rakesh R

Activist · DISC type Cd
Co-Founder and CEO at Aptahire
📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

An engineer turned entrepreneur, Rakesh co-founded and bootstrapped Deepsense Digital, scaling it into a multi-million dollar business. He is now the Co-Founder and CEO of Aptahire, focusing on AI-driven recruitment solutions. People hes worked with describe him as an extremely passionate individual with a high level of ownership in his work.

Outside of his ventures, Rakesh is an active participant in the entrepreneurial community, attending summits and sharing his insights on leadership. He emphasizes building strong relationships as the cornerstone of team retention and expresses a keen interest in innovative and unconventional marketing strategies.

He successfully built a million-dollar agency, Deepsense Digital, from just three people and three laptops with zero external investment.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Personality Overview

How Rakesh shows up

Perfectionist
Meticulous
Observative

They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.

Priorities

Topics Rakesh cares about

AI in Recruitment
As Co-Founder and CEO of Aptahire, he is building an AI-driven interviewing automation platform to transform the future of work.
Bootstrapping Businesses
He successfully bootstrapped his first company, Deepsense Digital, from the ground up to a 70+ member team without any outside investment.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Co-Founder and CEO
Aptahire
9-2018
Co-Founder
DeepsenseDigital
6-2022
Co-Founder
Ripple AR
1-2015 - 10-2018
Corporate Sales - TN/KL/PY - Brand association of Enterprise Corporates
TITAN COMPANY LIMITED
2-2014 - 1-2015
Account Manager
Times Internet
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2012 - 2014
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
WLCI
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Engineering
Anna University Chennai
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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