Ambarish Mitra

Co-Founder, Greyparrot

Ambarish Mitra is an acclaimed serial entrepreneur and investor, renowned for his achievements in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Augmented Reality. In 2016, he was honored as UK's Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and appointed as an Ambassador for the GREAT Britain Campaign.

He has also been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and a WEF Technology Pioneer in 2021, highlighting his innovative thinking and global impact. With his latest venture, Greyparrot, Ambarish envisions a future where every single piece of waste is valued as a resource. This mission underpins his unwavering dedication to sustainability and environmental stewardship.

Thanks to Ambarish’s previous expertise and deep understanding of the Artificial Intelligence domain, Greyparrot has been able to accelerate to the forefront of waste analytics innovation and intelligence. Ambarish is also one of the early pioneers of Augmented Reality. In 2010 he realised its potential by co-founding Blippar, a groundbreaking company in the field of Augmented Reality and AI. CNBC has acknowledged Blippar as one of the most disruptive companies in the world for three consecutive years, underscoring Ambarish's nous to revolutionise industries and push boundaries.

Ambarish Mitra's impressive track record and commitment to innovation has left a lasting impact on the business landscape. His thought-provoking keynote speeches at prestigious events like TEDTalks, Harvard Business School, the World Economic Forum, Web Summit, Mobile World Congress and CODE inspire entrepreneurs worldwide.

Ambarish is also the co-Founder of Greyparrot, an AI / Deep Learning startup focused on waste management and recycling using computer vision to sort waste at scale and fulfil many of key SDGs- UN sustainable development goals. Ambarish started his tech career in 1997 as a high school drop-out teenager creating a web portal towards women empowerment.

With a vision to bridge the physical and digital worlds and give people more from the world they see through AR and Computer Vision, Ambarish has been widely recognized for his pioneering work in the field of Augmented Reality. Mitra was named by Ernst & Young as UK Entrepreneur of the Year for 2016, and was appointed as an Ambassador for the GREAT Britain campaign to promote British innovation around the world. Mitra was also recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2017. He was also announced at Technology Pioneer by WEF in 2021 for Greyparrot.

Ambarish has given many keynotes on pioneering innovations and entrepreneurship at esteemed institutes and events including, TED Talk, World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, Web Summit, Mobile World Congress, CES, DLD, SXSW, Recode Media, TechCrunch Disrupt, GMIC China, Harvard Business School and Oxford University, inspiring many young entrepreneurs, students, and business community with his talks.

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