Ankit Prasad is a lifelong entrepreneur, tech start-up founder, advisor & mentor to tech start-ups and govt bodies, angel investor & public speaker. He works on cutting-edge technologies to make the internet experience smarter and accessible on devices. Ankit was honoured on Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018. Besides this, he is also recognized in the “Fortune 40 Under 40” list, “BW 40 Under 40” list, “50 Fabulous Innovative Leaders” and as a TEDx Youth Speaker.
The work being done by Ankit to scale AI features like, speech-to-text, next-word predictions, transliteration, content/product/service recommendations, etc. across language barriers is surely boosting users’ smartphone and internet productivity. He dropped out of the prestigious IIT, Delhi to pursue his entrepreneurial ambitions. At IIT Delhi, he won several student awards including Best Fresher, and Best Chief Editor. Ankit has a ferocious appetite for risk-taking and pursues objectives with relentless resourcefulness. In his free time as a hobby, Ankit loves enhancing his spiritual & political knowledge or spending time helping fellow entrepreneurs and start-up founders.