About

Orange Caterpillar

We are building an AI-adept generation: students who can create value with AI, whether they work for someone else or build something of their own.

The idea behind Orange Caterpillar

Our vision

An AI-adept generation.

Millions of young Indians who can create value with AI, across every industry, function and community.

Our mission

Move students from understanding AI to building with it.

Some will transform enterprises. Others will build businesses of their own.

Our belief

India’s AI opportunity is applied AI.

Not just building the next model. Applying intelligence to millions of real problems.

Why Orange Caterpillar

The caterpillar represents transformation that begins long before it is visible, while orange marks the first light of dawn between an ending and a beginning.

The Founders

Orange Caterpillar comes from lived experience across systems, not theory.

Samson David

Founder & CEO

Samson has spent more than three decades building businesses and leading technology organisations at global scale. Over 24 years at Infosys, which he joined when it had 250 people, he rose to its senior leadership and founded EdgeVerve. He later led global operations at HP Enterprise Services and DXC Technology, before becoming CEO of enterprise AI company Soroco.

Orange Caterpillar brings those worlds together: what enterprises need, what AI makes possible, and what the next generation must be able to build.

$20B+operations run

200,000+people led

6,000+clients served

70+countries

Recognition: ET Global Tech Startup CEO, 2022. ET Global Leader Award, 2022. NASSCOM Business Innovation Award, 2013.

Boards and advisory: theAgenticOS.ai and The David Foundation.

Trisha David

Co-Founder & Director of Research & Ops

Trisha's work has always sat at the intersection of rigor and relevance. A top-of-class graduate in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins, she spent her research career leading advanced technology projects, guiding experimental design, and translating complexity into impact. At Orange Caterpillar, she leads the research and operating disciplines behind how capability is defined, measured and built.

Our Operating Principles

Orange Caterpillar is being built deliberately, guided by a few simple principles.

Build, don’t just learn

Capability is demonstrated by what someone can create, not what they know.

Applied AI wins

The biggest opportunity is not knowing more about AI. It is applying AI to problems that matter.

Create value. Widen opportunity.

As Orange Caterpillar creates value, part of it creates opportunity, through The David Foundation, for those who begin life with less.

If this resonates,

we'd love to hear from you. Tell us about your college, your work, or just say hello.

hello@orangecaterpillar.com