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# David Tepper

David Tepper is co-founder and chief executive of Ascerta, the Enterprise AI Management company formerly known as Pay-i. He spent 19 years at Microsoft, where he led generative AI strategy for internal use across Azure.

**Co-founder and CEO** at Ascerta

## Coverage

- [undefined](/article/ascerta-18m-series-a-ai-roi) - Artificial Intelligence, 2026-09-30