Abheek Basu

Abheek Basu is a technology entrepreneur and the former Chief Executive Officer of Laudspeaker, based in New York City. He co-founded the open-source customer engagement platform, which was subsequently acquired by the data analytics company PostHog in May 2025. Prior to this acquisition, Basu led the startup through the Y Combinator accelerator program, securing institutional backing to develop cross-channel messaging tools for push notifications, SMS, and email campaigns. Before launching his own venture, he worked in dual capacities as a product manager and software engineer across the technology sector. Basu completed the highly selective Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, earning an engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a business degree from the Wharton School. His professional background centers on combining software development with product strategy to build open-source marketing automation and customer onboarding platforms.