Sakyasingha Dasgupta
Sakya is the founder and Chief Executive officer of EdgeCortix. He is an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologist, entrepreneur, and engineer with over a decade of experience in taking cutting edge AI research from ideation stage to scalable products, across different industry verticals. He has lead teams at global companies like Microsoft and IBM Research / IBM Japan, along with national research labs like RIKEN Japan and the Max Planck Institute Germany. Previously, he helped establish and lead the technology division at lean startups in Japan and Singapore, in semiconductor technology, robotics and Fintech sectors. Sakya is the inventor of over 20 patents and has published widely on machine learning and AI with over 1,000 citations.
Sakya holds a PhD. in Physics of Complex Systems from the Max Planck Institute in Germany, along with Masters in Artificial Intelligence from The University of Edinburgh and a Bachelors of Computer Engineering. Prior to founding EdgeCortix he completed his entrepreneurship studies from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Masha Danilova
Masha Danilova is the AI/ML Portfolio Deputy Director at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), where she drives technological innovation through AI/ML and data-driven solutions. Previously, she was a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow and co-founder of the U.S. Digital Corps, a technology fellowship focused on modernizing federal tech stacks. She also served as Senior Advisor to the AI Portfolio at the General Services Administration, scaling the AI Community of Practice to over 4000 members. Before her federal career, Masha held senior management roles at Wayfair and Procter & Gamble. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and an engineering degree from Purdue University.