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Aditya Bhamidipaty at FirstHive on his mission to build an ever more holistic customer data platform


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Our guest today is Aditya Bhamidipaty, founder and CEO of FirstHive, a customer data platform provider based in Silicon Valley and Bengaluru. In this episode, Aditya talks about how platforms like FirstHive that help enterprises get closer to a holistic view of consumers in the B2C space, will also help those enterprises become much more autonomous. On the business front, he also spoke about putting together a team in the US.

(00:41) Introduction to The Daily Tech Conversation

(00:52) Our guest today — Aditya Bhamidipaty, founder and CEO, FirstHive
(01:32) A snapshot of the idea that got FirstHive started
(04:13) The customer data platform that FirstHive developed
(06:31) The biggest challenges that FirstHive’s customers face, and how its platform makes a difference
(12:13) More on what B2C enterprises can do with FirstHive’s CDP
(16:40) On FirstHive’s impact so far, and its scale of operations
(23:19) Advances in AI and the direction in which FirstHive is evolving
(24:55) Examples of enterprises becoming more autonomous in their customer data operations
(28:53) Expansion plans at FirstHive, including more physical presence in the US
(30:23) On Aditya’s plan to move to the US and set up a team on the ground
(31:19) Funding, and next big priorities
(33:04) Team strength, and work in Bangalore
(34:43) Two other highlights — a CSR programme at FirstHive and efforts to build a ‘founder-independent’ culture

More about Aditya and FirstHive:

https://firsthive.com/firsthive-team/

Recent funding announcement:

https://melaventures.in/media/mela-ventures-invests-in-firsthive/

Theme music courtesy Free Music & Sounds:

https://soundcloud.com/freemusicandsounds

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