Pankaj Kedia

Bio:

Pankaj Kedia is a globally recognized, award-winning AI thought-leader as an early-stage investor, VC partner, chief AI officer & CXO, adjunct MBA professor, and keynote speaker. Previously, Pankaj played pivotal roles incubating and growing a series of new businesses during the Internet, Mobile, and Cloud technology eras across three decades at Intel Corp and Qualcomm.

As the Founder and Managing Partner of 2468 Ventures, Pankaj has directly invested in 150+ early-stage startups and 15+ VC funds across silicon, systems, software, and services. He is now bringing the benefits of AI to society-at-large, is particularly focused on AI at the edge across PCs, Smartphones, IOT (sensors, robots, drones, cameras), Automotive and is focused on accelerating the overall AI ecosystem. 

Pankaj has a knack for spotting trends, was an early believer (and investor) in Nvidia and Bitcoin, holds 15 unicorns in his portfolio, had had 13 exits over the past 13 quarters, and has been an early investor in many of today's high-flying AI start-ups including Anduril, Anthropic, Athena, Cerebras, CoreWeave, Deel, Figure AI, Groq, Lambda, Magic, OpenAI, Shield AI, SpaceX, Writer, and You.com. He is a sought-after AI expert advisor, consulting with leading names in the professional services, healthcare, financial, enterprise, and technology sectors. Pankaj is a partner at multiple VC firms and angel groups where he chairs the AI committees, teaches AI and entrepreneurship to MBA students at the University of San Diego, and sits on multiple public, private, and non-profit boards of AI companies. 

Previously, as a Tech Intrapreneur, Pankaj has been credited for driving the growth of the Internet with laptop PCs, establishing mobile Internet with smartphones, and capitalizing on cloud expansion with IOT and wearable devices at leading companies such as Intel and Qualcomm. Pankaj also led the wireless sector at Intel Capital, which was comprised of 30 start-ups with $75M invested capital. He has worked in 25+ countries across 4 continents as a global citizen, has shipped products to 100+ countries, and is committed to using AI and technologies to positively impact the future.

Pankaj has been recognized with the Lifetime AI Innovation Award by TiE, inclusion in the CAIO Innovators Circle by Bloomberg Tech, and the Global AI150 Hall of Fame by Constellation Research for his contributions as an investor, inventor, and intrapreneur. He is a sought-after speaker on AI, Internet, Mobile, IOT, and Wearables having spoken at leading conferences, has been an active press and analyst spokesperson, and quoted in mainstream publications globally. Pankaj holds the early defining patent on low power for mobile devices and, as a lifelong learner, has degrees from Stanford, Wharton, Univ of Michigan, and the Indian Institute of Technology. Pankaj is an avid photographer, a TED speaker, a gadget addict, and a global traveler.