On AI Lounge since Oct 2026
Raz Choudhury
Member #53FounderBetaL2Founder & CEO, Sam.ai
Sales through warm intro and intent signal
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About
Raz Choudhury is the co-founder and CEO of Sam.ai, a New York company that builds an AI prospecting platform for B2B sales, commercial real estate and recruitment teams, using warm introductions and intent signals to help them find prospects and book meetings. Raz began his career as an engineer at IBM, where he spent six years leading major Northeast accounts, and in 1999 he founded USAWeb, now Office Interactive, an app development and lead generation company.
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Raises & exits
Member RaisesUndisclosed
Led by UpVentures Capital
Sam.ai is seed-funded, including a 2018 seed round led by UpVentures Capital.
Experience
Founder ⊷ AI Architect @ Sam.ai
Founder & Ceo | Sam.Ai · Sam.ai
Founder, AI Architect @ Sam.ai · Sam.Ai
Founder & CEO · Office Interactive
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Office Interactive
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · USAWeb
Founder & CEO · Usaweb
Network Engineer · IBM
Network Engineer · Ibm
Education
Columbia University
WC
William C. Bryant High School
Columbia University in the City of New York;history/Sustainable Development;2009 – 2020;
