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Ayesha
Khanna

Entrepreneur

Ayesha writes about: Technology

Ayesha Khanna is an artificial intelligence (AI) expert. Cofounder and CEO of ADDO AI, an AI solutions firm and incubator, she has been a strategic advisor on AI, smart cities, and fintech to leading corporations and governments. She serves on the Board of Infocomm Media Development Authority, the Singapore government agency that develops its world-class technology sector, and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Media, Entertainment, and Culture, a community of international experts who provide thought leadership on the impact and governance of emerging technologies. Khanna is also the founder of 21C GIRLS, a charity that delivers free coding and artificial intelligence classes to girls in Singapore.

The author of Straight Through Processing and coauthor of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization, Khanna has been published and quoted on technology, innovation, and smart cities in outlets such as The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Forbes, and Foreign Policy. She has presented at major financial, technology, and other industry conferences, provided high level government briefings, chaired symposiums such as AI Asia, and spoken at TEDx events.

Prior to founding ADDO AI, Khanna spent more than a decade on Wall Street developing large scale trading, risk management, and data analytics systems.

The purpose of AI is to amplify human potential.

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