Mandar Natekar is the Co-Founder and CEO of NeuralGarage, a deep-tech Generative AI company building proprietary AI models for the global media and entertainment industry. The company’s flagship technology, VisualDub, uses Generative AI to synchronize lip and facial movements with dubbed audio, helping make localized content feel as though it was originally created in the target language. DRAMA, their latest model, is the world’s first AI tool to edit expressions on video. Some of the largest studios and advertisers in India use VisualDub to crossover into multiple languages authentically.
An entrepreneur and business leader with over two decades of corporate experience across media and entertainment, Mandar has held senior leadership roles at organisations including Viacom18, Times Television Network, Reliance Entertainment and Turner International. His career spans television, digital media, advertising, content, consumer products and business development, giving him a unique perspective on how technology is transforming the economics and consumption of content.
At NeuralGarage, Mandar brings together his deep understanding of the media ecosystem with the capabilities of a highly technical founding team to build AI products for a global market. Under his leadership, NeuralGarage has emerged as one of India’s notable Generative AI startups, with VisualDub being adopted across advertising, films and OTT shows.