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Sunny Shah

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Co-Founder & CMO at Trugen AI
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Sunny Shah is the Co-Founder and CMO of Trugen AI, focusing on creating human-like AI video avatars. His expertise lies in social media growth, having built a following of over 300, 000 for a previous company. He holds a bachelors degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Outside of his work in AI, Sunny is a dedicated community builder who founded DinnerClub, a network for founders and creatives in Chicago. He has a keen interest in leadership and positive psychology, having given talks on these topics at events like TEDx.

He is conceptualizing an AI agent that can intelligently create connections between members of a community based on their shared interests and backgrounds.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & CMO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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Human-like AI
As Co-Founder of Trugen AI, his company's mission is to upgrade chatbots into human-like video avatars that can see, hear, speak, and act.
Community Building
He founded DinnerClub, a community for founders in Chicago, and often posts about the principles and challenges of building a strong, connected community.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Co-Founder & CMO
Trugen AI
2-2024 - 10-2025
Social Media Manager
Final Round AI
10-2023
Founder
DinnerClub
12-2022 - 11-2023
Social Media Manager
Redpoint Ventures
4-2021 - 10-2022
Startup Incubation Manager
Kaplan Institute
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Education
2014 - 2019
Bachelor's degree
Illinois Institute of Technology
2011 - 2014
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Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
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