Pankaj Kedia is a globally recognized AI Thought-Leader as an early-stage investor, Chief AI Officer, CXO advisor & consultant, adjunct MBA professor, keynote speaker, board member, and Global AI150 honoree. 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 recently joined Okeanos and has already been instrumental in advising and participating in our AI investments. “I’ve been impressed by Okeanos’ level of access to top-tier led VC rounds with some of the fastest growing companies in the AI ecosystem. As the Founder & Managing Partner of 2468 Ventures, I have directly invested in 150+ AI and Deep Tech start-ups across silicon, system, software, and services and am also an active LP in 15+ VC funds. I look forward to expanding the number of AI investments, across stages and verticals, at Okeanos, particularly with high growth ventures," said Pankaj.
Pankaj has a knack for spotting trends, was an early believer (and investor) in NVIDIA and Bitcoin, and has been an early-stage investor in many of today's high-flying AI start-ups including Anthropic, CoreWeave, Figure, Groq, Humane, Lambda Labs, Magic, OpenAI, Shield AI, and Skydio. He is a sought after Chief AI Officer and consults with leading names in the professional services (e.g. BCG), healthcare (e.g. Biossmann), financial (e.g. Goldman Sachs), enterprise (e.g. Mason), and technology (e.g. Wearable Devices) sectors.
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, and sits on multiple public, private, and non-profit boards of AI companies. He is a sought-after speaker on AI, Internet, Mobile, and Wearables, has spoken at leading conferences including AI Infra Conference, CES, Concordia Summit, MWC, IFA, IIT Global, INK, TiE, and Wearable Tech, has been an active spokesperson for Qualcomm and Intel, and quoted in mainstream publications such as Business Week, Fast Company, Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, New York Times, TechCrunch, and Wall Street Journal.
Pankaj has been recognized as a member of Constellation Research’s Global AI150 cohort, an elite list of global executives leading AI transformation efforts in the industry. He 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.
As a sought-after technology leader, Pankaj is bringing the benefits of AI to society-at-large and is focused on accelerating the AI ecosystem. We are honored to have Pankaj as a member and advisor to the Okeanos team, and look forward to expanding our AI investments under his leadership!
