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AI Workshop Series
The Brink Team
Nexus Theatre, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park Way, San Diego CA 92110
Multi-session Course
Technology
AI WORKSHOP SERIES
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This 6-part AI Workshop Series is designed to provide an overview of AI, layout opportunities across industry sectors, functions, start-ups, and investing, and discuss the challenges and risks that we must overcome to seize the tremendous potential that AI presents to us. The series will comprise of a series of lectures, discussions, case studies, hands-on workshops and will conclude with start-up pitches that best reflect the opportunities and incorporate the learnings from the series. Led by Pankaj Kedia – a prolific start-up AI investor, senior AI advisor at Brink, and adjunct Knauss MBA faculty at the University of San Diego, this series is designed for start-up founders, investors, students, and faculty who are ready to incorporate AI in their day-to-day life.
Attendees may attend the entire series or single events, and recordings will be accessible for past event in the series.
What to expect:
- Understand the range of AI opportunities across enterprises and consumers
- Understand the challenges and risks we must face for AI adoption
- A final session with a panel of judges providing feedback to AI Start-ups
Past Events In the Series:
Session 1: AI Overview: The Past, Present, and Future
Session 2: AI Opportunities Across Industry Verticals and Functions
Session 3: AI Opportunities for Start-ups and Investors
Session 4: AI Challenges and Risks
Session 5: AI Tools-n-Tricks Hands-On Workshop
Pankaj Kedia
Pankaj Kedia is a globally recognized AI thought-leader and expert as an early-stage investor, CXO advisor & consultant, adjunct MBA professor, keynote speaker, 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.
As the Founder & Managing Partner of 2468 Ventures, Pankaj has directly invested in 150+ early-stage startups and 15+ funds across silicon, systems, software, and services. He is now bringing the benefits of AI to society-at-large and is focused on accelerating the AI ecosystem. As a senior AI advisor at Brink, Pankaj is advising a number of AI-focused founders as they incubate and grow their start-ups. As an adjunct Knauss MBA professor at the Univ of San Diego, Pankaj has taught multiple AI courses and is currently leading the Torero Ventures Lab where 26 students are incubating eight (8) AI-powered start-ups. Pankaj is a lifelong learner with engineering and business degrees from Stanford, Wharton, Univ of Michigan, and the Indian Institute of Technology.
COURSE FORMAT
Sessions 1 – 4 – Hybrid
Session 5 – Online only
Session 6 – In Person at University of San Diego
