Kashyap Kompella is an award-winning industry analyst, best-selling author, columnist, educator, and advisor to leading companies and start-ups in US, Europe and Asia-Pac.
Currently, Kashyap is the CEO of the global technology industry analyst firm RPA2AI Research. RPA2AI advises global corporations, venture capital / private equity firms and government agencies on AI Investments, Enterprise AI, AI Governance, AI Audits and AI Ethics.
Kashyap is widely recognized as a thought leader on AI and emerging technologies and has been quoted by the media, including the BBC, Quartz, Economist, Mint, Guardian, Forbes, Nikkei Asian Review, eMarketer, CMSWire, KMWorld, EContent and SearchCIO.
Venture Capital / Start-up Advisory
• Advisor to Digital Alpha (NYC)
• Advisor to iDreamCareer (India)
• Deep Analysis (Boston)
• Gemba Capital (India)
Books / Writing / Media
• Author of the bestseller “Practical Artificial Intelligence”
• Columnist: Business Line, Info Today (US), SpeechTech (US), TechTarget; ex-Contributor: Forbes.com
• Quoted/Published in BBC, Quartz, Economist, ET, Mint, Outlook, Eenadu, TechTarget, etc
Speaking / Teaching
• Speaker at Stanford, AI World Government (Washington DC), Digital Leadership (Denmark), AI World (Boston), AIIM (San Antonio), TEDx, b-schools, colleges, IEEE, and corporate events
• Creator of online courses on AI, Blockchain, Cloud, Automation, and Emerging Technologies
• Visiting Faculty, BITSOM & Institute of Directors; Guest Lecturer – IIM-B / ISB
Awards / Recognition
• Top 10 Global Thought Leader on Artificial Intelligence (Thinkers 360)
• 10 most innovative global AI executives (Analytics Insight)
• Top 10 Global Thought Leader on Digital Transformation (Thinkers 360)
Volunteer Work
• Co-chair, Economics & Regulation Committee, IEEE Planet Positive 2030
• Member, IEEE Global Committee on Ethical AI for Business
• Coordinator, ISB Public Policy Special Interest Group
• Judge for EContent100, a ranking of the top digital companies in the world (2015 to 2018)
Education
• BITS Pilani (Engineering); Indian School of Business (MBA)
• CFA Institute (CFA); National Law School (Master of Business Laws + PGDIPRL); Takshashila (GCPP)