Our Team
We are passionate about building simple, intuitive and lasting solutions to real world problems.
Bubble's founding team has decades of experience in technology, data science, AI, economics, and innovation. They have developed path-breaking solutions to help consumers, professionals, and businesses in domains as diverse as real estate and finance, digital and social marketing, electronic and chip design, recruiting and hiring, and insurance and financial services.
Leadership
Avi Gupta
Founder & CEOAvi Gupta
Founder & CEOAvi’s got the entrepreneurial bug – and with each startup, his vision gets bigger and bolder. He founded SmartZip, which pioneered the use of predictive analytics and data-driven marketing automation for real estate – its products powered many popular home search portals and helped brokers, lenders, and agents more efficiently grow their business. Avi is always up for a game of tennis, table tennis, pickleball or golf, dabbles in drums and the tabla, loves to bike and can be coerced to run.
Ashok Bardhan
Co-founder & Chief Analytics OfficerAshok Bardhan
Co-founder & Chief Analytics OfficerAn Economist and Data Scientist, Ashok would like to bring the science, sense and sensibility of economics and other social sciences to the practice of AI/Machine Learning for solving real-world problems. He has an MS in Physics and Mathematics, an MPhil in International Relations, and a PhD in Economics. Ashok finds cooking and biking relaxing, music inspiring, mystery novels thrilling, and learning new languages both challenging and rewarding.
Hrishikesh Kunte
VP ProductHrishikesh Kunte
VP ProductHrishikesh is an accomplished product leader and entrepreneur with diverse experience in building and growing products for global markets. He has a unique blend of Product, Marketing and Business. With his experience in classifieds, foodtech, healthtech, and insurtech, he brings the expertise of building innovative products that solve customers’ needs. Outside of work, he enjoys playing squash and most importantly spending time with his family. Obsessed with all things Steve Jobs and Nike, he goes by the “Keep it simple” mantra.
Shridhar Dhaiphule
Director of EngineeringShridhar Dhaiphule
Director of EngineeringShridhar is a seasoned Product Engineering Leader with over 2+ decades of experience in engineering leadership, specializing in AI, Analytics, and innovative product development across various industries like online ads, real estate, and finance. He has a strong track record of transformational architecture, application integration, and successfully migrating and scaling product architectures. As a Technopreneur, Shridhar has pioneered several startups, raised millions in private equity, and driven go-to-market strategies, particularly in the SaaS and insurance sectors.
Anil Chitale
InsurTech ConsultantAnil Chitale
InsurTech ConsultantCreating something out of nothing and seeing opportunities that seem like hopeless romances to many, excites him the most. Over the past 3 decades, he has partnered with first-generation and serial entrepreneurs helping them successfully launch, build, and grow businesses from concept to multi-million dollar viable entities in the US P&C insurance industry. Anil keeps his sanity with hiking, swimming, yoga, gourmet dining, wine tasting, drives with his family, and long walks with family dog Sweetie!
Robert H. Edelstein
Housing Industry AdvisorRobert H. Edelstein
Housing Industry AdvisorRobert Edelstein holds the Maurice Mann Chair in Real Estate and is the co-director of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Development at Berkeley Haas. His expertise lies in urban real estate, urban financial problems, and property taxation among a variety of other subjects. Robert has authored the book, “Explaining the Boom Cycle, Speculation or Fundamentals? The Role of Real Estate in the Asian Crisis."
Investors
Bubble's founding team has decades of technology experience innovating solutions to help consumers, professionals and businesses.
