Ajay Bulusu
Co-Founder at NextBillion.ai
Beijing, Singapore
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Top SchoolAjay Bulusu is a serial product and operations leader with 11+ years building large-scale spatial, mobility, and ad-tech platforms across Asia, the US and Europe. As Co-Founder of NextBillion.ai he architected a venture-backed spatial infrastructure startup that scaled globally and was acquired, solving hard problems in mapping, addresses and dynamic road networks with data, AI and platform engineering. Previously he led Grab’s geo organization—managing ~70 people across nine countries—and shipped core POI moderation and maps platforms used across the company. His cross-functional background spans product strategy, partner negotiations, regional operations and trust & safety work at Google, Indeed and American Express, giving him a rare blend of technical program management and frontline operational experience. An active angel advisor and Forbes Technology Council member, he pairs startup grit with institutional rigor and a talent for turning messy local data into reliable global services. Outside work he’s interested in secondary markets, food, basketball and travel—often applying those curiosities to inform product decisions.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2.1 Hons, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2.1 Hons at Leeds UniversityMsc, Business Analytics and Consulting, Merit Hons, Msc, Business Analytics and Consulting, Merit Hons at University of Warwick - Warwick Business SchoolGrab- Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Grab- Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General at Harvard Business School
English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada
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Github Skills (19)
javascript10
typescript10
web-performance10
web-developer10
angular-cli10
web-framework10
nodejs10
react10
cli10
angular10
prerendering9
server-side8
rendering7
server-side-rendering6
chrome5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nextbillion-ai/pbf-craft
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
A Rust library and command-line tool for reading and writing OpenSteetMap PBF file format.
Contributions:1 release, 9 PRs, 17 pushes in 6 months
encoding-decodingosmparser-librarypbf
cloverzero/nyx-parser
May 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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