Ashwini Asokan

Ashwini Asokan is the Founder and CEO of Mad Street Den, a Computer Vision and AI company that operates vue.ai as its intelligent retail automation brand. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Visual Communication from Madras University (2002) and a Master's in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University. Before co-founding Mad Street Den in 2013 with Anand Chandrasekaran, Ashwini spent 9 years at Intel as a Design Researcher, leading the mobile innovation portfolio in Intel Labs, Silicon Valley. vue.ai (launched 2016) has raised $27.5M across 3 rounds: $17M Series B (Falcon Edge Capital, Sequoia India, Global Brain, 2019) and undisclosed Series B (FedEx, 2023). The platform uses computer vision and data science for retail intelligence, site merchandising, inventory management, and virtual styling. Clients include Macy's, Mercadolibre, and Tata.

vue.ai is an AI orchestration platform for retail automation, launched in 2016 as the first AI brand from parent company Mad Street Den, which was co-founded in 2013 by Ashwini Asokan (CEO) and Anand Chandrasekaran (CTO). Ashwini holds a Bachelor's in Visual Communication (Madras University, 2002) and Master's in Interaction Design (Carnegie Mellon), with 9 years at Intel as Design Researcher leading mobile innovation in Silicon Valley. Anand holds B.Tech in Electrical Engineering (IIT Madras), PhD in Neuroscience (Baylor College of Medicine), MS in Electrical Engineering (Stanford), and Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neuromorphic Engineering (Stanford). His career includes Director of Platform Partnerships at Facebook Messenger (2016-2018), CPO at Snapdeal, and Senior Director of Mobile/Search at Yahoo. vue.ai has raised $27.5M across 3 rounds: $17M Series B (Falcon Edge Capital, Sequoia India, Global Brain, 2019) and undisclosed Series B (FedEx, 2023). Other investors include Alpha Wave Global. The platform uses computer vision and data science for retail intelligence, merchandising, inventory management, e-commerce automation, and virtual styling. Clients include Macy's, Mercadolibre, and Tata.