Varun Puri

Varun Puri

CEO and Cofounder at Yoodli
Seattle, Washington, United States

Varun Puri is the CEO and cofounder of Yoodli, an AI startup focused on sales training, manager coaching, public speaking, and interview preparation. He previously served as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Allen Institute for AI and held roles at Google, Infosys, and Intuit.

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Varun Puri is the co-founder of Yoodli, an AI powered communication coach. Yoodli helps you ace your next presentation or interview by providing private and judgment-free analytics on your filler words, body language, content and more. Yoodli (www.yoodli.ai) is being rolled out to 300k+ Toastmasters members globally, has raised $7M+ in funding, and been featured across media outlets such as the Wallstreet Journal and Inc. Before Yoodli, Varun led Africa Operations for a GoogleX initiative that used invisible lasers to bring the internet to unconnected areas. He also ran special projects for Sergey Brin, one of Google’s founders. Varun is…

Organizations

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  • Yoodli logo
    Yoodli Executive Officer, Director 2021–present, CEO and Cofounder 2021–present · current
  • Ai2 Entrepreneur in Residence at the Allen AI Institute 2021–2022 · past
  • X, the moonshot factory Product Manager 2017–2021 · past

Education

  • Claremont McKenna College Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics · 2012–2016
  • Sanskriti School High School · 1999–2012

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