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Mohit Saxena and his role at InMobi

The engineer behind InMobi's technology, from a Bangalore apartment to a global ad platform.

Mohit Saxena is a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer of InMobi. The four founders of mKhoj were Naveen Tewari, Mohit Saxena, Amit Gupta and Abhay Singhal.

Saxena studied metallurgical and materials engineering at IIT Roorkee. He later managed technology operations at Virgin Mobile.

mKhoj launched in 2007 with SMS search, run from a Bangalore apartment. It became InMobi in 2008 and moved into mobile advertising.

In 2011 InMobi became India's first unicorn after a $200 million SoftBank investment. In 2025 the founders bought out SoftBank's stake.

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Where did Mohit Saxena study?

Mohit Saxena studied metallurgical and materials engineering at IIT Roorkee.

What did Mohit Saxena do before InMobi?

He managed technology operations at Virgin Mobile, where he designed billing systems.

What is Mohit Saxena's role at InMobi?

He is a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer. He is one of four founders of mKhoj, which became InMobi.

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