Sumit brings a strong track record of steering technology companies through critical growth phases and tapping diverse public market and private capital sources to fuel growth. He spent nearly 12 years serving as Chief Financial Officer at 3Degrees, a financial services and technology company in the energy sector, where he played an integral role in scaling the business’s revenue 50x through a combination of new offerings, mergers and acquisitions, international expansion, capital raising and organic growth. Sumit also has extensive investment banking experience at firms including Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan, and currently serves as an investor and board member at Tulip.ai, a venture-backed healthcare AI startup. He will succeed
“I’d like to thank Mimi for her many contributions over the last few years as we navigated the journey to operating as a public company,” continued Savoie. “Her financial leadership was critical to ensuring our success during this transformational time. We wish her success in all her future endeavors.”
Sumit will join the Company reporting to Savoie. “Zapata AI is leading a transformative movement in Industrial Generative AI, empowering businesses with unmatched operational insights that will fuel growth and drive cost savings," said Sumit. "My experience in scaling global technology platforms to unlock shareholder value aligns perfectly with Zapata's current needs. Christopher has assembled an exceptional team of experts in generative AI, and I'm excited to join them to build a powerhouse that will redefine the industry.”
Sumit holds an M.B.A. from
About Zapata AI
Zapata AI is an Industrial Generative AI company, revolutionizing how enterprises solve complex operational challenges with its powerful suite of generative AI software applications and cutting-edge reference architecture. By combining numerical and text-based generative AI models and custom software applications to power industrial-scale solutions, Zapata AI enables enterprises and government entities to drive growth, cost savings through operational efficiencies, and critical operational insights. With its proprietary data science and engineering techniques, and the Orquestra® platform, Zapata AI is accelerating Generative AI’s impact across industries by delivering solutions which are higher performing, less costly, and more accurate and expressive than current, classical approaches to AI. The Company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in
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