Maneesh Apte is an experienced Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur with a track record of building and scaling innovative software companies. He is currently the CEO of SimplePay, an AI-powered fintech company revolutionizing the $18 trillion U.S. consumer spending market.

Prior to SimplePay, Maneesh was the CTO of Popstar, an AI-powered video shopping platform, and an early engineer at ThoughtSpot, an enterprise AI company now valued at over $4 billion. During his time at ThoughtSpot, he earned multiple patents for novel AI search algorithms.

Maneesh studied computer science at Stanford University, where he was a Mayfield Fellow and class president. Outside of work, he enjoys an active lifestyle of surfing and golfing in California.