Ambarish Mitra is one of the pioneers of augmented reality. Mitra started his tech career in 1997 as a high school drop-out entrepreneur on a noble topic of Women Empowerment in India, which successfully IPO'd in 2000.
Ambarish Mitra is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blippar, the leading visual browser and fastest growing augmented reality player. Under his direction, Blippar has grown from groundbreaking idea to an industry leader with 250+ employees, 10 offices and 50million+ users.
With a vision to create the ultimate physical world browser, Ambarish, has been widely recognized for his unconventional business thinking and people-driven philosophical approach to management.
Recent Ambarish Mitra press coverage & interviews:
Business Insider interview with Ambarish Mitra, August ‘15
Business Insider interview with Ambarish Mitra, August ‘15
Apple's Acquisition of Metaio Proves Products Aren't Disruptive - Business Models Are
MediaPost byline by Ambarish Mitra, June ‘15
Young Turks: ‘Internet on things’ start-up Blippar
CNBC, interview by Ambarish Mitra, June ‘15
Visual browsing: there ‘s a critical gap between how we see and how we search
The Guardian byline by Ambarish Mitra, April’15
The next "google": A visual search engine
SkyNews interview with Ambarish Mitra, March’15
Blipp It: Augmented Reality Comes to Advertising
Bloomberg interview with Ambarish Mitra, March’15
A search engine powered by your phone camera
Wall Street Journal interview with Ambarish Mitra, March’15
Our Forward March Across the Reality-Virtuality Continuum
Wired by-line by Ambarish Mitra, October’14
A blipp on every screen: that’s’ the aim of ‘real-world browser’ Blippar
Evening Standard – Ambarish Mitra & Blippar features, October’14
CNN IBN India interview by Ambarish Mitra, October 2014
We’ll soon be researching 3d objects just by looking at them
Wired by-line by Ambarish Mitra, June’14
Next big thing in tech: Augmented Reality
Wall Street Journal TV interview May’14
Blippar brings image recognition to Google Glass
Wall Street Journal- re. launch of Google Glass prototype Mar’14
Other Recent company press:
Blippar ranked 19th on CNBC Disruptor List 2015
CNBC, May 2015
Sunday Times, March 2015
With $45 Million in Funding, Augmented reality Platform Blippar is Rethinking Search
TechCrunch, March 2015
Blippar acquires Augmented Reality competitor and pioneer, Layar
TechCrunch June 2014
Forbes covers Blippar’s launch with Google Glass –
Forbes February 2014