Vishal Mehta is the Chairman and Managing Director of AvenuesAI Limited, one of India’s leading fintech and digital infrastructure companies. He leads the organization’s vision of building globally scalable technology platforms that enable seamless digital commerce, payments, and intelligent enterprise solutions. Through flagship brands including CCAvenue and Rediff, AvenuesAI serves millions of businesses, consumers, and institutions across multiple markets.
Under Vishal’s leadership, AvenuesAI has evolved beyond payments into a diversified technology enterprise focused on artificial intelligence, enterprise software, and digital transformation. Among its key initiatives is Phronetic, the company’s Vision AI platform, which applies advanced artificial intelligence to help organizations automate visual workflows, improve operational efficiency, and unlock actionable insights from large-scale image and video data.
Vishal also led the acquisition of Rediff.com, one of India’s most recognized internet brands. The acquisition reflects his broader strategy of strengthening AvenuesAI’s consumer digital ecosystem while expanding its capabilities across communications, commerce, and financial services.
Prior to co-founding AvenuesAI, Vishal worked at Amazon’s global headquarters in the United States, contributing to technology and finance initiatives during a formative period of the company’s growth. He holds degrees in Operations Research from Cornell University and has completed management studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
In 2007, after nearly a decade in the United States, Vishal returned to India and co-founded AvenuesAI alongside former Amazon colleagues. Today, the company has grown into one of the country’s leading fintech and payment infrastructure providers, processing over $100 billion in annual transaction value and serving more than 10 million merchants and businesses.
Beyond his corporate responsibilities, Vishal serves as Technical Advisor to the Indian AI Research Organisation (IAIRO), a rapidly emerging institution focused on advancing India’s sovereign AI capabilities. IAIRO brings together leading researchers, technologists, industry veterans, and policymakers to drive frontier AI research, talent development, enterprise AI systems, embodied intelligence, and large-scale deployments across sectors including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, education, sustainability, and urban infrastructure.
Through his leadership at AvenuesAI and advisory role at IAIRO, Vishal remains actively engaged in shaping the future of financial technology and artificial intelligence, with a focus on building globally competitive technology platforms originating from India.