LEADERSHIP
BABAK HODJAT IS CEO and co-founder of San Francisco-based Sentient Technologies . He was one of the team responsible for developing the core technology that went on to become Apple ’ s Siri .
To date , Sentient has raised over $ 170mn in financing and developed the world ’ s largest distributed AI platform . This platform is being leveraged across several industries including finance where Sentient ’ s AI autonomously runs its own hedge fund , and ecommerce where AI powers on-the-fly personalization and conversion optimization for major retailers such as Sunglass Hut and Skechers . Sentient has also delved into healthcare , where it has been working on early Sepsis diagnosis , and agriculture , which has seen the company partner with with MIT ’ s openAg initiative on optimized food growth .
With AI technology increasingly under scrutiny thanks to some highprofile advances in the industry and continued question marks over its deployment , Business Chief sat down with the Sentient
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