Pankaj Kedia

Pankaj Kedia is an award-winning, globally recognized AI Thought-Leader as an early-stage investor, Chief AI Officer, adjunct MBA professor, keynote speaker, and board member. As the Founder and Managing Partner at 2468 Ventures, Pankaj has invested in 175+ early-stage AI and Deep Tech startups and 25+ VC funds across silicon, systems, software, and services. He is a partner at multiple VC firms and angel groups where he chairs the AI committees, teaches AI to MBA students at the University of San Diego, and sits on multiple public, private, and non-profit boards of AI companies. Pankaj also serves as an independent board director for Kodamai, which is focused on accelerating enterprise AI adoption by deploying specialized and trusted agents at scale. Previously, Pankaj played pivotal roles incubating and growing a series of businesses during the Internet, Mobile, and Cloud technology eras across three decades at Intel and Qualcomm. Pankaj is a frequent keynote speaker on AI, Internet, Mobile, and Wearables having spoken at leading conferences, has been an active spokesperson for AI and technology topics in the industry, and quoted in mainstream publications globally. Pankaj has been recognized with the Lifetime AI Innovation Award by TiE, included in the CAIO Innovators Circle by Bloomberg Tech, inducted into the Global AI150 Hall of Fame by Constellation Research, featured in the Top US 100 VC list by Stanford, and named a Distinguished Innovation Scholar by Stanford GSB.