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Ram Papineni

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Co-Founder & CTO @ Outplay at Outplay
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Ram Papineni is the Co-Founder and CTO of Outplay, leveraging 16 years of IT experience to solve real-world problems for sales teams. An alumnus of Osmania University and a member of the Forbes Technology Council, he is a serial entrepreneur, having founded multiple tech companies before Outplay.

He fosters team camaraderie through company-wide sporting events, such as organizing the Outplay Badminton League in Hyderabad. Ram is also a family man, having co-founded Outplay with his brother, Laxman, with whom he has shared an entrepreneurial spirit since childhood.

Interesting fact: In early 2025, Rams company Outplay was successfully acquired by JungleWorks, which plans to invest $14 million to further develop its AI-driven sales tools.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & CTO @ Outplay
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI in Sales
He has dedicated his expertise to building AI-powered solutions for sales teams and has written about leveraging AI to augment human efforts and streamline the sales process.
Serial Entrepreneurship
He co-founded Outplay with his brother and has started multiple ventures, including AppVirality and makeideaz, driven by a passion for building creative solutions.
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Career

Work history

1-2019
Co-Founder & CTO @ Outplay
Outplay
4-2017 - 12-2018
Co-Founder
GrowthScore
10-2014
Co-Founder
AppVirality Inc
11-2012 - 1-2019
Partner
makeideaz Web Solutions LLP
7-2012 - 2-2013
Head of Product Development
momgrocery.com
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Education
2003 - 2005
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Osmania University
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