Biography

Mahi de Silva

Written By : Srinivas
Reviewed By : Atchutanna Subodh

Mahi de Silva is a visionary Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor, and AI pioneer and Co-founder and CEO of Amplify.ai, a Conversational AI company. He has extensive experience founding, scaling, and leading companies to multiple billion-dollar exits. Known for transforming industries through technology, he combines deep expertise in AI, ad-tech, martech, internet security, and social media with strategic leadership and innovation-driven growth.

Early Life and Education

Mahi  pursued his passion for technology at the University of Kansas, earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, and Mathematics. Early on, he developed expertise in software development, computer graphics, and digital media. This strong technical foundation prepared him for a dynamic career in Silicon Valley, enabling him to innovate across AI, mobile platforms, online advertising, and digital transformation.

Professional Career

Mahi’s professional journey spans key roles at Apple, VeriSign, and Opera Software, where he developed expertise in software engineering, digital media, and executive leadership. As co-founder of Amplify.ai, he has transformed Conversational AI on a global scale. He has also driven innovation, AI adoption, and strategic growth across technology and energy sectors worldwide.

Business Intervention in AI

Amplify. ai provides conversational solutions that are driven by AI and thus are very helpful for brands to engage the audiences, increase the conversion rate, and obtain measurable results across digital channels.

Smart Comment Responder: Amplify.ai takes social and influencer communications and turns them into AI interactions by moderating comments on a large scale. It cuts down on customer acquisition costs while simultaneously increasing Customer Lifetime Value and turning engagement into measurable business outcomes in a very efficient way.

Conversational Ads: The platform goes as far as to allow brands to create and run AI-powered conversational ads on Facebook, Instagram, and Google’s AdLingo all at the same time. The people who are interested in the product can be interacted with in real-time and the first contact along with the follow-up messaging can be facilitated through the sales funnel.

Personalized Messaging: By means of natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML), Amplify.ai is capable of automating the sending of personalized text messages in a variety of business-to-consumer (B2C) communication channels including SMS. This leads to higher levels of customer engagement, better comprehension of customer replies, and the use of intelligent, continuous conversations to entice customers or contributors to take action.

Shopping Guides & Lead Generation: The AI recognizes that a person intends to buy, asks for their email address and phone number, sorts them into groups according to their interest, and suggests products to them. This results in re-engagement and leads the customers toward the purchase by nurturing them through the sales funnel.

E-commerce Conversational Marketing: With AI-driven messaging channels, Amplify.ai gives e-commerce brands the ability to get open rates of more than 80% and to even get more sales than what is obtained by traditional email marketing thus making messaging the highest performing channel effectively.

Business Achievements

Mahi de Silva's track record is simply impressive, as he has been able to build and sell companies for billions of dollars. Among his numerous inventions takes place the AI-powered Conversational platforms, which changed marketing, and customer engagement as well as digital experiences. 

His knowledge has no borders and covers every aspect of venture financing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, and governance. He has left his mark on the world with AI, digital media, and technology innovations while helping companies grow in a scalable and sustainable way, and granting them the ability to use AI for measurable impact.

Controversies 

There are no publicly reported personal controversies involving Mahi de Silva. He is primarily recognized for his professional achievements as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, AI pioneer, and Co-founder and CEO of Amplify.ai, focusing on innovation and leadership.

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