Anirvan Chowdhury
Director
Qualcomm Ventures
Qualcomm Ventures India director investing across AI, SaaS, healthcare, robotics, and developer tools.
Bio
Professional summary
Tushar Gupta is Managing Director, North America at Qualcomm Ventures. He invests in artificial intelligence and HardTech and also works on value-add initiatives connecting startups with Qualcomm business units. Before Qualcomm Ventures, he spent more than 11 years at Qualcomm as a product manager and engineer, including work on connected cameras, IoT, computer vision, and AI technology ecosystems. He holds a master's degree in computer science from San Diego State University and a B.Tech in computer science.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Growth-stage AI companiesStrategic corporate venture investments
Sector
Artificial intelligenceHardTechComputer visionEdge AIDeveloper tools for machine learning
Thesis
Artificial intelligenceHardTechEdge AI and vision systems
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
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"name": "Hugging Face",
"relationship": "Led investment / investment manager",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
}{
"name": "Weights & Biases",
"relationship": "Led investment / investment manager",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
}{
"name": "Frore",
"relationship": "Led investment",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
}{
"name": "WellSaid Labs",
"relationship": "Led investment",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
}{
"name": "OmniML",
"relationship": "Investment manager",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
}{
"name": "Spot AI",
"relationship": "Investment manager",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
}{
"name": "Context",
"relationship": "Investment manager",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
}
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Emphasize AI or HardTech with clear strategic relevance to Qualcomm business units, especially edge, vision, IoT, or developer infrastructure.
Personalization hooks
- 1Deep Qualcomm product and engineering background
- 2Computer vision, camera, and SDK experience
- 3Interests include racquetball, ping pong, and travel
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Qualcomm Ventures profile lists Weights & Biases as acquired and links to a March 13, 2025 article about CoreWeave acquiring the company.
Qualcomm Ventures profile lists Context as an active AI-first office suite investment founded in 2024.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Qualcomm VenturesManaging Director, North America
- QualcommSenior Product Manager / Business Development — Connected Cameras, IoT BU11+ years
Education
- San Diego State UniversityM.S., Computer Science
- India (not specified)B.Tech, Computer Science
Skills
AI/ML investingHardTechEdge AIIoTProduct managementEcosystem building
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