Bengaluru: VerSe Innovation, the father or mother firm of Dailyhunt, Josh, NexVerse.ai, Magzter and Oneindia, has introduced the appointment of Prasanna Prasad as Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO).
In his new position, Prasad will lead the corporate’s engineering, product and knowledge science capabilities, with a mandate to speed up AI-led innovation throughout VerSe’s portfolio of apps and platforms.
Prasad brings over twenty years of expertise spanning product engineering, knowledge science and large-scale platform improvement. He has led world groups throughout the U.S., India and Europe, and is thought for constructing high-scale, real-time techniques, cloud-native infrastructure and AI-driven merchandise. Most just lately, he served as Chief Technology Officer & Head of Product and AI at Verve Group Inc., the place he led a 200-plus member world staff and drove AI-led development by means of platform automation, superior knowledge science modelling and privacy-first promoting techniques.
At VerSe Innovation, his focus will likely be on strengthening AI capabilities throughout content material creator ecosystems and digital promoting. His mandate contains constructing a unified intelligence layer throughout platforms to reinforce personalisation, enhance content material relevance, empower creator ecosystems, and drive next-generation promoting know-how and monetisation effectivity by means of agentic AI techniques and automation.
The appointment comes at a time when VerSe is scaling its AI-led product portfolio, aiming to construct clever techniques that ship measurable outcomes for manufacturers and advertisers whereas deepening person and creator engagement.
Umang Bedi, Co-Founder, VerSe Innovation, mentioned, “AI is becoming central to how digital platforms are built, scaled and monetized. At VerSe, we see this as a structural shift that will define the next phase of growth across content, creators and advertising. Prasanna brings deep experience across engineering, data science and AI-led platform transformation, along with a strong track record of building high-scale, privacy- first systems. As we continue to sharpen our focus on AI across our products and ad tech stack, his leadership will be important in strengthening our technology foundations and driving more efficient, intelligent outcomes across the ecosystem.”
Prasanna Prasad, Chief Product and Technology Officer, VerSe Innovation, mentioned, “As platforms scale, the role of technology shifts from enablement to differentiation. The focus then moves to how consistently systems can translate intelligence into real outcomes, whether in user experience, content relevance or monetization efficiency. At VerSe, the emphasis will be on driving greater precision and coherence across systems so that performance becomes more predictable and scalable over time. I’m excited to join at this point and contribute to shaping the next phase of the company’s growth.”