ASHISH TOSHNIWAL
With vision and passion, Ashish grew YML to nearly 600 strong, with 5 locations around the world, and over 45 Fortune 500 clients, including Apple, Paypal, The Home Depot, Meta, State Farm, Apple and Disney. YML grew at a 59% CAGR to close to $100M/year in revenue. YML has been credited with building some of the industry-defining mobile experiences, including those with PayPal and 10 unicorns in the Valley, such as Credit Karma and Bill.com. He famously received an email from Steve Jobs on one of their early apps. YML was merged with Stagwell(STGW) in 2023.
His vision has led YML to be recognized as “One of the top 50 most admired private companies” by Forbes and has been responsible for some of the most inspiring digital transformations of this generation. He has been featured on CNBC, ABC News, and Forbes multiple times on how technology will shape the future. A relentless curiosity makes him an early adopter and an early investor in tech startups.
Ashish is also a prolific angel investor. Some of his investments include 6Sense (valuation $5B), People.ai, Latch(IPO), Robinhood(IPO), Acorns etc. He was also on the board of Dashworks , an enterprise AI-assistant acquired by HubSpot to enhance its AI vision.
Today, Ashish is pioneering the next wave of human-AI collaboration. As a leader in building agentic solutions, he both embraces AI’s opportunities and understands its limits. He is thrilled to announce the launch of 10kR — an AI-first design and technology company where humans and robots(agents) collaborate to craft intelligent digital experiences. The line between marketing, creativity, and engineering has blurred, and 10KR is building at that intersection.
Ashish loves to play (win) at poker — you have been warned. He enjoys consuming podcasts and books on biographies. And he lives in Los Altos, CA, with his wife and three kids.
