Pankaj Kedia

Pankaj Kedia is a globally recognized AI Thought-Leader and Expert as an AI investor, Chief AI Officer, CXO advisor, adjunct MBA faculty, and board member. Previously, Pankaj played pivotal roles across a series of businesses during the Internet, Mobile, and Cloud technology eras at Intel and Qualcomm.

As the Chief AI Officer and Board Member for Biossmann, an established leader in the healthcare sector across Mexico, Pankaj Kedia is responsible for leading the company's global expansion and transformation into a medical solutions powerhouse. As the Founder and Managing Partner of 2468 Ventures, he has directly invested in 125+ early-stage and Series A startups across silicon, systems, software, and services. Pankaj is now bringing the benefits of AI to society-at-large and is focused on accelerating the AI ecosystem, where he has invested in 40+ AI start-ups. He has a knack for spotting trends and has been an early investor in multiple public (AMD, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, et al) and private (Anthropic, Figure, Elemind, Groq, Humane, Magic, OpenAI, Personal AI, Shield AI, Skydio, et al) AI companies. 

Pankaj 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, sits on multiple public, private, and non-profit boards of AI companies, and is a sought-after CXO advisor around AI and technology topics. Over the last 18 months, Pankaj has worked for BCG as a Senior AI Expert Advisor and has consulted on AI/Gen AI with leading names in the professional services, financial, enterprise, technology, and investing sectors.

Previously, as a Tech Intrapreneur over the last 3 decades, Pankaj played leadership roles in incubating and growing a series of new businesses at Intel and Qualcomm. He is 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. Pankaj is a lifelong learner with degrees from the Univ of Michigan (MS), Wharton (MBA), Stanford (LEAD), IIT Roorkee (BS), Columbia (Angel Investing), and Venture University (VC Investing). Pankaj 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 is a member of Constellation Research’s Artificial Intelligence 150 (AI150), an elite list of the top global executives leading AI transformation efforts in the industry.