Babak Hodjat

Vice President of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant; Co-Founder & Former CEO of Sentient

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Babak Hodjat Biography

Babak Hodjat is the CTO AI at Cognizant, and former co-founder and CEO of Sentient Technologies. He is responsible for the core technology behind the world’s largest distributed artificial intelligence system. Hodjat is also the inventor of the technology that powers Apple's "Siri." His entrepreneurial journey includes founding the world's first AI-driven hedge fund, Sentient Investment Management. As a serial entrepreneur, he has initiated several other technology companies in Silicon Valley, focusing on AI and its applications.

Hodjat's career began before his time at Sentient, as he served as senior director of engineering at Sybase iAnywhere. He led mobile solutions engineering and was also co-founder, CTO, and board member of Dejima Inc. This role saw him as the primary inventor of Dejima’s patented, agent-oriented technology, which has been crucial for intelligent interfaces in mobile and enterprise computing. His extensive patent portfolio includes 38 issued U.S. patents, underscoring his prolific contributions to technology in areas such as natural language processing, machine learning, genetic algorithms, and distributed AI.

A published scholar with numerous papers in artificial life, agent-oriented software engineering, and distributed artificial intelligence, Hodjat holds a Ph.D. in machine intelligence from Kyushu University, in Fukuoka, Japan. He is a recognized speaker, often sharing his insights into the future of AI and business, and has authored works including the AI science fiction novella "The Narrator" and a collection of short stories "The Konar and the Apple." Based in California, Hodjat continues to influence the tech industry by equipping audiences with knowledge about the impact of AI on future business practices and innovation.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/17/2024.

Babak Hodjat Videos

  • Babak Hodjat, The Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    We expect AI systems to provide us with insights and augment, or even replace our decision-making processes. The current state of the art in AI, Deep...
  • Babak Hodjat, PhD - Creating an AI Powered Organization
    Enterprise leaders across every industry are seeking better ways to understand their business. They need new ways to model the data that flows...
  • It's A Good Time To Be In AI | Babak Hodjat | Cognizant
    Babak Hodjat, CEO of Sentient, talks to William Welser at the 2018 AI Summit in San Francisco to discuss AI and evolutionary intelligence. Hodjat...

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