Biography
Maanas Mediratta is CEO and Co-Founder of Bridged Media, an AI Agent platform empowering media companies and event organizers to achieve measurable ROI through bespoke Small Language Models (SLMs) tailored for high-impact content funnels. Since launching Bridged in Barcelona in September 2022 (backed by Techstars '22), Maanas has led 2,000+ AI experiments across global publishers—from those serving 500 million monthly users to niche audiences of 50,000—delivering 300% ROI within 3-6 months and 3x engagement uplifts while keeping editorial control and human judgment at the center. Named CEO of the Year 2025, Maanas has scaled Bridged to break-even multiple times through disciplined innovation cycles that prioritize real-world outcomes over hype. His platform uses AI to identify trigger points in user journeys, enabling a sports publisher to increase email collection rates 10x by personalizing offers and eliminating guesswork. Before Bridged, Maanas founded NITL App (2020-2022), a news platform using machine learning to surface contextual social and environmental actions for readers. He began his career as Senior Analyst at Goldman Sachs (2013-2015), where he designed algorithms for 7 products serving 1,000+ users, led a $12M regulatory risk mitigation project achieving 85% risk reduction, and revolutionized storage systems cutting allocation time from 3 days to 2 hours. Maanas also founded CabAmigo, India's first cab-sharing application, acquired by Ola Cabs in 2016 after gaining 50,000+ users. A graduate of IIT, Maanas is fluent in English, Hindi, and Spanish, and serves as a thought leader on AI adoption in media and event tech.