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Sandeep Ranjan

CEO & Co-Founder, CerebrumX Labs · 1 appearance on the record.

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Sandip Ranjhan leads CerebrumX, an AI-driven connected vehicle data platform that collects and analyzes OEM telematics for fleet management, smart mobility, and usage-based insurance. Before founding CerebrumX in 2020, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Connected Services and the Automotive Service Business Unit at Harman International.

11statements → 6claims → 2claims resolved → 3.82/5average certainty → 1.18/5average debate potential →

2 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 4 not checkable as stated how the 6 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 5 assertions · 5 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 4 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Sandeep argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Ranjan: Connected vehicle comps Otonomo and Wejo reached $1.4B valuations
“Most of the companies I think who were like some, a couple of our other companies, I think they were valued at 1.4 billion, right? The companies were in the similar segment, right? Like who? Name a couple. Yeah. There is Autonomo and Vijo, right? At that point…”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 13:21 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS

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weighted support: a fully supported claim counts one, a partly supported claim counts half. Each filled bar is clickable and opens exactly those claims; "none yet" means nothing said at that certainty level has resolved yet

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Sandeep Ranjan on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Sandeep Ranjan said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Supported
Ranjan: Connected vehicle comps Otonomo and Wejo reached $1.4B valuations
“Most of the companies I think who were like some, a couple of our other companies, I think they were valued at 1.4 billion, right? The companies were in the similar segment, right? Like who? Name a couple. Yeah. There is Autonomo and Vijo, right? At that point…”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 13:21 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ranjan: Cerebrum X will reach roughly $1.2M ARR by year-end 2022
“So, yeah, so we will close so again, as you, the ARR which will close this year will be close to around 1.2 million.”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 14:52 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
Assertion Supported
Cerebrum X works with the top four North American OEMs, excluding GM
“So we work with the top four OEMs minus GM right now in North America.”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 2:38 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
Disclosure
Ranjan: Cerebrum X Monetizes via Insurers and Fleets, Not OEMs
“Yeah, so if you look into these top five are raw material, that's where you get the data from. Are the consumers of the data, the people who are paying for the data are the insurance companies. They are the fleet companies, the fleet providers like Azuga, whic…”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 6:45 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
Disclosure
Ranjan: Bridgestone Mobility's Azuga pays Cerebrum X for vehicle telemetry
“Bridgestone mobility, right? ... Bridgestone they have their mobility, which is, they have a fleet division, which is Azuga, A-Z-U-G-A.”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 7:09 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
Disclosure
Ranjan: Cerebrum X charges $6 to $10 per vehicle monthly
“So, so typically you get an average revenue per, per vehicle. It goes somewhere between 72 dollars, which is six bucks per month to up to 10 bucks, right? Which can go up to around one 20 dollars per month, right? So it depends upon What data they're getting.”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 10:34 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
Disclosure
Ranjan: Cerebrum X launches initial deals with 1,000-2,000 vehicles
“So our sweet spot, when it starts with, it's something around thousand vehicles, thousand to 2000. That's what we start with. That's, then we scale up.”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 11:44 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ranjan: Cerebrum X has an ARR run rate of roughly $600K
“Our run rate right now is roughly around 600 K as an ARR right now as we start.”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 15:04 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cerebrum X Burns $150K to $180K per Month
“So typically I think our burn is close to around one 50 to one 80 K per month.”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 16:43 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
Disclosure
Ranjan: Axiom Connected is an aftermarket warranty customer of Cerebrum X
“It is more like an aftermarket warranty companies there is a company Exium Connected, A-X-I-O-M, Exium Connected.”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 10:15 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ranjan: Cerebrum X currently has seven customers
“Right now we have seven customers.”
Sandeep Ranjan Nov 30, 2022 ▶ 14:22 He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
He's ok burning $150k/mo right now with his $600k ARR Connected Vehicle Data SaaS Nov 30, 2022 9m
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